Anyone See the Risen Star?

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I'm confused....did anyone actually WATCH this race?

Circular Quay, who I don't like and bet against, had an " Invasor trip " times ten. He was jammed inside by Velasquez and when the horse broke down directly in front of him he was COMPLETELY eliminated and lost many lengths. Please watch this race again.

Look, I don't think a great deal of Circular Quay going two turns, but the flow of the race fit his running style and he did VERY well to finish where he did considering his ridiculous amount of trouble.

Yea,I saw it.A total toss for C.Q. NOTIONAL got a nice win.Spankey is lookin' for his boy Buckwheat.

[packerbacker7964]

To me was trapped with no where to go. Sure he was full of run but where was he to run? Came to the top of the lane with his ears pricked but then again nowhere to run. I thought JV did a great job to just stay on him. I bet Tabor about **** his pants when the 1 lost his jockey right in front of Quay. Quay got a slammed right out of the gate was dead last into the 1st turn, had a horse throw his jockey right in front of him and still I say close for 5th place. Won? no. 4th at best I think.

[Samarta]

I thought CQ was out of it from the jump. He broke bad, was dead last at the first quarter, got up to about 6th or 7th at the top of the stretch before the incident in front of him. I actually thought the one that was full of run was Slews Tizzy. Hard to tell though when you have horses on the lead that are flat out of gas and horses coming up behind them. If the incident doesn't happen, I still don't believe CQ hits the board...jmo

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by Samarta

If the incident doesn't happen, I still don't believe CQ hits the board...jmo

looked like to much traffic to me. i didn't see CQ hitting the board either.
to me what everyone is missing, was the move Albarado pulled to get Notional loose..... jmo.

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

It was an amazing thing he finished the race at all. I like BTW are skeptical of his chances winning a big race going two turns but to me it looked like he would have at least been second. He did finish up pretty good considering what happened to him.

I agree. If CQ gets through the hole on the rail cleanly(and that's a big if), I think he finishes at least 2nd and possibly even wins it. He was about to pass a lot of horses in a hurry until that horse in front of him went down. I just hope CQ didn't hurt himself trying to avoid that mess.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

I agree. If CQ gets through the hole on the rail cleanly(and that's a big if), I think he finishes at least 2nd and possibly even wins it. He was about to pass a lot of horses in a hurry until that horse in front of him went down. I just hope CQ didn't hurt himself trying to avoid that mess.

How exactly does one KNOW that a horse stymied in traffic was " about to pass a lot of horses in a hurry "?

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

How exactly does one KNOW that a horse stymied in traffic was " about to pass a lot of horses in a hurry "?

oh, where was the word KNOW in that sentence? Since he did pass all but 4 of the horses by the end of the race anyway, I think it's safe to ASSUME he would have.. you know what his PPs look like, CQ has done that in every other race he's run.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

oh, where was the word KNOW in that sentence? Since he did pass all but 4 of the horses by the end of the race anyway, I think it's safe to ASSUME he would have.. you know what his PPs look like, CQ has done that in every other race he's run.

You said he was " about to pass a lot of horses in a hurry " and you said it as a statement of fact. There was no " I think " included so I think I rightfully inferred that you seemed to know it.

You may be right but we won't ever know. That is until he fails at a short price in his next start as well.

He's a closing sprinter. Three times at two turns, two less than stellar performances with VERY good setups, and one " who knows ". I guess he can pass distance challenged quitters.....but can he pass horses that are actually accelerating and not decelerating? So far he hasn't done that going two turns.