Any Given Saturday

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

I did not see a horse with a lot of energy in reserve down the lane. My opinion is that there wasn't a whole lot more there.

He's a grinding type....the way he finished doesn't bother me. He was twitching his ears once he put the field away, and never left the impression that he was a spent horse.

The only legit knock on his performance I see is that he simply didn't run very fast.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The only legit knock on his performance I see is that he simply didn't run very fast.

He ran .10 second slower than Blue Grass Cat's 2006 Sam Davis.

Coming to the wire, his ears were pricked and he was looking around. He got squeezed a bit and ate some dirt early on. It was a good education that took nothing out of him.

The biggest plus, in my handicapping mind, is when the Tampa Bay Derby comes up, and the challengers ship in from So. Fla., he will have a distinct advantage because he now has a trip over the surface.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

He's a grinding type....the way he finished doesn't bother me. He was twitching his ears once he put the field away, and never left the impression that he was a spent horse.

The only legit knock on his performance I see is that he simply didn't run very fast.

Of course, the bottom line is that it wasn't fast. I didn't mean to imply he was spent, it was just my impression that the performance was much closer to his best than people might think.

The fact that his ears were twitching doesn't do much for me, I can't read too much into that.