Tueflesberg

[Left Bank]

Originally Posted by merasmag

throttled??? lol...he is no too much bling, is he? 3rd is never bad, imo

Yes,Throttled. Most Horses that have little or no graded stakes first money do not do well in the triple crown.Thirds don't count.

Does anyone know why this horse seems to have trouble on the break or have traffic trouble in most of his races? Is it the blinkers? What about last sat? Trip notes say "unprepared" Never seen that before, although it does seem apropro. Arent sprinters supposed to break well from the gate?

[JJP]

When the words "Derby" and "Tuefelsberg" are used in the same sentence, I am correct in assuming they mean the Remington or Ohio Derby? No way in hell could they be considering the KY Derby......then again, that trainer is something like 1 for 52 at the FG so she must not know where to place her horses.

[Left Bank]

I think she is going by the theory that if I keep running him,he will win eventually.

[sumitas]

he kind of staggered out of the gate saturday. he was fortunate he had lots of room to slide right to the rail. he must have lost 2 lengths with that break so he actually ran a better race than at first glance.

Trainer described it as "hopped" on the break which is a term I've at least seen before. Never knew what it meant, but I guess that is what a "hopped on the break" looks like.

Left at the Gate blog says connections (? or someone in the know) seem to think his pedigree calls for him to stretch out; go figure.

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by easy goer

Left at the Gate blog says connections (? or someone in the know) seem to think his pedigree calls for him to stretch out; go figure.

He's got a double-dose of that Monarchy family thru State; the best members of this family recently have been Johannesburg, Tale of the Cat, Minardi, and Pulpit. Milers for the most part, several that were better at 2 than 3 and reverted to sprinting thereafter. Pulpit was the closest thing to a classic horse from the line and he was by A.P. Indy, not Jo'burg, a top 2yo who didn't train on.