Cobalt Blue

Merv is all excited about this horse and Garrett Gomez is not on the horse? He is on Baffert's animal. Why? What are the arrangements here?

Air Commander can clearly go the distance, slowly...

[Rootdog1]

Good article on SantaAnita.com on this issue. Gomez thinks Air Commander is much further along then Cobalt.......If Air Commander can get his head in the game, he could be dangerous.

Originally Posted by Rootdog1

Good article on SantaAnita.com on this issue. Gomez thinks Air Commander is much further along then Cobalt.......If Air Commander can get his head in the game, he could be dangerous.

Thank you. I will take a look.

Air Commander has been perfectly placed in all those races and he has run funky in every one. Maybe he does get it together with this small field. Just looks awfully slow to me. He gets good starts and he has run a long way. He has just done so in a very slow manner.

If Cobalt Blue gets out unchallenged and is not choked, he could wire this tiny field. This is a Grade II race... man o man, where are the other West Coast horses? I guess the timing was bad. Liquidity should have run here in hindsight.

[jpops757]

Is it Gomez opting for AC or Oneil wanting a comitment from GG if the horse moves forward. Isnt this GG realy opting for Ravel and or Team Pletcher instead of AC?

[miraja2]

I really like Air Commander in this one after his sharp 4f work on Tuesday. His Beyer figs have improved in each start, and I think that is accurate. He has improved with each start, and I think the cut back from 9 to 8.5 will actually fit him well in this particular start. He will also be carrying 4 less lbs than he did in his last.
I'm not sold at all on Cobalt blue. He was all-out to win his last, which was an N1X with only 4 others in the race. I'll pass.