Zayat trouble

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Zayat's handling of Massive Drama ranks second to only the connections of Denis of Cork as worst handling of a Derby prospect. Massive Drama could be an okay sprinter. Instead he decides to send him to Dubai, where he is trounced and now he is under consideration for the Derby? Good idea.

I actually had no problem with the way Denis Of Cork was handled at all.

They put the horse in what they believed to be the race that represented the path of least resistance - he was an odds on favorite in a Grade 2 stake with a 500K purse after all.

Could they have predicted a paceless race - with an outside post - over an inside-speed track beforehand?

I guess it was public knowledge that the pace setter after a 1/4 mile was run had 7 wins and 3 seconds in the 10 races on the '07 Illi Derby card - but that still didn't mean the track had to be like that again the following year.