PREP FIELDS: An FYI thread..

[jman5581]

Originally Posted by Linny

Funny thing. You never hear of any one actually pointing a horse for the Illinois Derby. Has any trainer ever said "Yeah, we'll go from the Swale to the Gotham to the Illinois Derby..." Nope. It's like a last ditch stop to a big payday for someone yet Sweetnorthernsaint and Greeley's Galaxy both took alot of $$$ in the big dance in KY.

That trainer for Cowtown Cat has been pointing to it.

[Linny]

Originally Posted by jman5581

That trainer for Cowtown Cat has been pointing to it.

He is now, but in Jan. he didn't propose the Swale to the Gotham to the Ill. Derby. Until last week when Cobalt Blue's connections mentioned it, I'd forgotten it existed.

[ArlJim78]

As Dick Vitale would say, the next three weeks are "prime time baby" as far as the derby trail goes.

For a change the Bluegrass looks real relavent this year.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

As Dick Vitale would say, the next three weeks are "prime time baby" as far as the derby trail goes.

For a change the Bluegrass looks real relavent this year.

It's irrelevantly relevant though. Tons of the top horses are there but can you really conclude if Great Hunter beats Street Sense on poly again that he's going to do better than him when they get back to Churchill?

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

It's irrelevantly relevant though. Tons of the top horses are there but can you really conclude if Great Hunter beats Street Sense on poly again that he's going to do better than him when they get back to Churchill?

Forget the poly, even if they ran the Bluegrass on dirt at Churchill Downs and Great Hunter beat Street Sense, you couldn't automatically conclude that Street Sense wouldn't come back and win at Churchill downs in a month, there are many more factors than just the surface.

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

As Dick Vitale would say, the next three weeks are "prime time baby" as far as the derby trail goes.

For a change the Bluegrass looks real relavent this year.

It is amazing what a year does. And Barbaro. The time off looks good now. Ahhh the tide will certainly swing again. I remember everyone pounding GP for changing the date making the Bluegrass an irrelevant prep. That is what happened, correct?

[my miss storm cat]

Hal's My Hope is out of the Florida Derby.....

He's coughing.