Storm in May

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by easy goer

Can you explain what happened to him in ARk Derby where he dropped back from like 2nd to 7th or something on the backstretch? I think that was him. What was that all about?

Beats me completely. I'd wonder about it, and I was worried about it watching the race.

When he runs on dirt, he tends to run from off the pace, and on the turf he has of late been running up on the pace or very near it. You're right though, he broke in the top flight and then dropped well off the pace -- which in the end probably served him well once it all panned out. Who knows though....

I thought you were going to say that they deliberately took him back but now..?

The race sure had its share of problems or weirdness attending to it. 3 horses got bumped owing to Strorm in May at the start, although Oficer Rocket comes from behind he seemed to never recover from that. The "slew" horse got blocked in the stretch. Storm in May is going backwards in the backtretch hard to figure then how good Curlin really is.

[whorstman]

I thought he showed a lack of quit doing that. He laid back, saved ground and made headway dts. He does that Derby Day and who knows? How many times have we seen a horse pass others to crash the board. I think an 8-10 show pay would be clutch.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by whorstman

I thought he showed a lack of quit doing that. He laid back, saved ground and made headway dts. He does that Derby Day and who knows? How many times have we seen a horse pass others to crash the board. I think an 8-10 show pay would be clutch.

I'm so torn about him, because I honestly think he's just too slow to be a factor in the Derby. On the other hand, the Derby is such a mind**** of a horse race and things happen that don't make sense. In that sense, his style and his unwillingness to quit makes him attractive to me. He doesn't mess around like some horses, seems to really have a total of zero race-affecting bad habits, etc. He's the kind of horse I love in a race like the Derby, I just wish he was the slightest bit faster on paper.

[whorstman]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

I just wish he was the slightest bit faster on paper.

B Dub, paper schmaper! He was fast enough to make almost a half a mil so far. Be honest, I'm not feelin any super knockout horses in this mix. Curlin destroyed the field by 10. But yet he was 4 seconds or so off the track record. Not super fat for real.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by whorstman

B Dub, paper schmaper! He was fast enough to make almost a half a mil so far. Be honest, I'm not feelin any super knockout horses in this mix. Curlin destroyed the field by 10. But yet he was 4 seconds or so off the track record. Not super fat for real.

I'm not saying that he can't factor in with the right trip/pace etc. But the fact remains that he has never once run a race good enough to win this, and has run only one (a 6f sprint at that) that was good enough to crash the superfecta if the race is run in a subpar fashion.

Don't get me wrong, he's without a doubt my sentimental choice (ask Jamie about my text messages of "take a picture of him for me!") everytime she was going to Gulfstream. I just don't think that when real money comes on the line, that he's worth for than a few sentimental dollars.

[whorstman]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

I'm not saying that he can't factor in with the right trip/pace etc. But the fact remains that he has never once run a race good enough to win this, and has run only one (a 6f sprint at that) that was good enough to crash the superfecta if the race is run in a subpar fashion.

Don't get me wrong, he's without a doubt my sentimental choice (ask Jamie about my text messages of "take a picture of him for me!") everytime she was going to Gulfstream. I just don't think that when real money comes on the line, that he's worth for than a few sentimental dollars.

Yeah, same here. I'm proly putting a few bucks to show. I may just put 2 to win for the hell of it.