Arkansas Derby Field

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by cakes44

There's actually a 1st-time starter in there. Amazing how dumb some people are.

What?!

[miraja2]

Yes it is true. The colt is named Olympic Chief and is trained by Janet Davidson. He is by Chief Seattle and out of a Meadowlake mare.
As for running him in the Arkansas Derby in his debut.......well, insanity is what it is.

Beyer disciples must be pulling their hair out...

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by easy goer

Beyer disciples must be pulling their hair out...

I don't follow.

[cakes44]

Well if there's one trainer who knows how to point her horses to big races and have them ready to fire their best, it's Janet Davidson. I'd put her right up there with Drysdale and Frankel in this area.

[wigmore]

and running a maiden in key Derby prep is something both Drysdale and Frankel do with regularity right..

[FATPIANO]

Well if Tiago can break his maiden in a grade 1, Then anything is possible

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by cakes44

Well if there's one trainer who knows how to point her horses to big races and have them ready to fire their best, it's Janet Davidson. I'd put her right up there with Drysdale and Frankel in this area.

That is beautiful

[Dunbar]

What's the purse distribution for the Ark Derby? What's the 3rd place horse get? I'm wondering if that will be enough to get into the Derby.

If it's $100K, they should have made it $101K--enough to break the deadlock with the 2 horses at $100K on the earnings list.

--Dunbar

[AeWingnut]

looked Valhol up and they don't mention his win in the Arkansas Derby on the Dallas Keen website.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by easy goer

Beyer disciples must be pulling their hair out...

Yes, what exactly does this mean?

[philcski]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Yes, what exactly does this mean?

I'm saying the same thing, but AFTER the race.

How does one fairly evaluate this race from a speed figures perspective when the fraudulent pace dictates a final time that is worthless?
I've taken the same approach to the Blue Grass results for many years, cross it out and re-evaluate the candidates. I guess that's the right answer here too.

[blackthroatedwind]

I'm just trying to figure out, Phil, what that great giver of knowledge meant by its initial comments in this thread. Certainly someone so giving wouldn't want to make a snide comment.....I'm sure there was some brilliance behind that post and I am just too stupid to figure it out.

[philcski]

I've stopped trying to make sense of 90% of the sh!t on here.
Just sifting through for the nuggets of useful information and let the rest rot away peacefully.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I'm just trying to figure out, Phil, what that great giver of knowledge meant by its initial comments in this thread. Certainly someone so giving wouldn't want to make a snide comment.....I'm sure there was some brilliance behind that post and I am just too stupid to figure it out.

Im really tickled pink that you wonder what I meant. All I was saying was that the first time started had no Beyer figs upon which to compare. I thought the previous poster had made refernce to Olympic Chief so my comment would be obvious, but then I think there was another post made in between so maybe the idea was lost.

Thanks for showing the love.