Hard Spun Confirmed For Preakness

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

it's ashame the preakness has become a "weekend off" for so many derby horses. as long as the horse is 100% run him back. just because May 5 , wasn't YOUR day maybe May 19 is? i'd just like to see more of the good horses.

As a fan, I would too...but as a horseperson, I understand, especially with today's thoroughbred, that running back in two weeks off the most grueling race of a young horse's life is something that I might have second thoughts about...so many TC horses disappear into the shed before the end of their 3yo season.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

As a fan, I would too...but as a horseperson, I understand, especially with today's thoroughbred, that running back in two weeks off the most grueling race of a young horse's life is something that I might have second thoughts about...so many TC horses disappear into the shed before the end of their 3yo season.

my thinking, the belmont is the one to skip because of the distance? and tougher to recover from?

[AeWingnut]

I don't understand why they are going to run Hard Spun in 2 weeks. They thought he needed 6 weeks to ge ready for the Derby now they want what?

Hey, if the horse is 100% go for it.

just saying for someone that thought they needed 6 weeks now thinking 2 weeks is do-able?

I would rather have seen Hard Spun skip the Preakness and freshen up for the Belmont, but can't blame connections for running. Live ones in the Preakness might be Chelokee, Slew's Tizzy, and the Lukas entries. Each of the 3 TC races might be radically different scenarios. Will make for a challenging TC effort for Street Sense.

[Danzig]

one lukas runner will go in the preakness, the other in the barbaro stakes. cp west will go to one or the other.
i'm thinking they gave hard spun a breather between the lane's end and derby so as to not take too much out of the tank, so that he wouldn't be too tired to run back.
they may well have been thinking ahead.

nafzger on the other hand admitted that the derby was the only thing on his mind, said it's up to the horse to go on from here.

[pmayjr]

I think Hard Spun is more suited for this race than the Belmont. The shorter the distance the better. That 1/16 less of a mile added with slight traffic issues for SS, could give Hard Spun the Preakness. Remember too that SS is also lightly raced, so who knows how the 2-week turnaround will do for him too...

[Danzig]

i don't think the belmont would be a problem for hard spun.

[Samarta]

Originally Posted by AeWingnut

I don't understand why they are going to run Hard Spun in 2 weeks. They thought he needed 6 weeks to ge ready for the Derby now they want what?

Hey, if the horse is 100% go for it.

just saying for someone that thought they needed 6 weeks now thinking 2 weeks is do-able?

They never said he needed six weeks off, it was what they chose to do....they had enough graded earnings after the Lane's End and Jones saw no reason in hooking the field that was pointed to the Bluegrass he if didn't have to. They decided to see how he handled Churchill track and trained up to the race....