Met Mile field?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by lemoncrush

I was actually half-jokingly goign to suggest CQ in the Met Mile.
Have any 3-year olds had any luck in this race? Seems a bit lofty to face older for the first time in such a tough spot, but then again, there aren't any Ghostzappers pointing to it, either.

Only Conquistador Cielo, Holy Bull, Honour and Glory and Dixie Brass immediately come to mind.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Cardus

That Honour and Glory race is one of my Belmont favorites. He squeezed up the rail at 12-1 to beat You and I and Afternoon Delites. I think he set a stakes record in that one.

Few people could believe that Lukas entered him after he got fried in the Derby three weeks earlier.

I couldn't believe it when he entered Cat Thief in the Met Mile after running in the Preakness and he was bet down to 2 and change.

Honour and Glory wired the field I believe.

[sumitas]

a recap of Utopia's win
http://nyra.com/belmont/stories/Westchester.html

[Travis Stone]

Might Lawyer Ron race?

[Skip away]

Utopia isnt much. Then again it doesnt take much to beat Sun King and Political Farce. This year's Met Mile is in trouble if Sun King is the most accomplished horse going.

[Bystander]

Originally Posted by Skip away

This year's Met Mile is in trouble if Sun King is the most accomplished horse going.

Yeah, I guess winning a G2 last year and being 2nd in two G1s (by a nostril to Invasor, no less) is just pathetic.
Of course I understand people do tend to trash Sun King as if it's a chemical dependency-thing, but I don't get it.

[Skip away]

Hes a mediocre horse and 2nd only counts in horseshoes. each of his 2nd place finishes in grade 1's were hang jobs. he caught Invasor and Silver Train off their games just a bit and still couldnt take advantage of that.

[Bystander]

Originally Posted by Skip away

Hes a mediocre horse and 2nd only counts in horseshoes. each of his 2nd place finishes in grade 1's were hang jobs. he caught Invasor and Silver Train off their games just a bit and still couldnt take advantage of that.

I can see you feel the need to give me a lesson in how to watch a race,
sadly for you,
I don't.
I am thankful there's a mediocre horse like Sun King around who keeps running competitively in good spots so that fans like me can watch his poor efforts and conclude otherwise.

[Skip away]

I didnt say they were poor efforts, they were dapper dandies. but to lose both of those races signals something. He dont like to win and winning is all that great horses get remembered by, not close 2nd place finishes. He'll catch a field he can beat sooner or later, frankly I thought he was going to destroy that field last week. Dont give me the layoff BS, because Utopia was coming off a greater one.

[ARyan]

Originally Posted by Skip away

Hes a mediocre horse and 2nd only counts in horseshoes. each of his 2nd place finishes in grade 1's were hang jobs. he caught Invasor and Silver Train off their games just a bit and still couldnt take advantage of that.

You get more laughable with every post.

Sun King is a mediocre horse? I think he is a fine horse, no superstar, but that dosen't make him mediocre. As Bystander said, he has more then held his own against great competition.

Then you also say Utopia is not much of a horse. I guess winning the Grade 2Goldolphin Mile, and other stakes all over the world, including a Grade 3 in his first start in the States means jack! Maybe his next start should be in a $5k open claiming event?

You have to be a joke.

[Skip away]

Okay I just watched Sun Kings glory race, where he won the Commonwealth at Keeneland running down Kazoo. I will upgrade to good because that my friends was an awesome performance.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Skip away

Hes a mediocre horse and 2nd only counts in horseshoes. each of his 2nd place finishes in grade 1's were hang jobs. he caught Invasor and Silver Train off their games just a bit and still couldnt take advantage of that.

Ugh... perhaps I can enlighten you on what 'hanging' means. Hanging is when the horse is in front and just stops trying... how can Sun King be a hanger in his two seconds when he wasn't leading to begin with? He was closing... tough to hang like that.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Ugh... perhaps I can enlighten you on what 'hanging' means. Hanging is when the horse is in front and just stops trying... how can Sun King be a hanger in his two seconds when he wasn't leading to begin with? He was closing... tough to hang like that.

Hanging to me is also when a horse refuses to pass another one. Not saying that Sun King has done that, but I don't think hanging is just getting to the front and easing up.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Bystander

Of course I understand people do tend to trash Sun King as if it's a chemical dependency.

I like that.....many pies.

[Bystander]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I like that.....many pies.

It was as much for me as it was for you, ya know.

[KirisClown]

Originally Posted by Cardus

That Honour and Glory race is one of my Belmont favorites. He squeezed up the rail at 12-1 to beat You and I and Afternoon Delites. I think he set a stakes record in that one.

I think You and I might have been done racing by that point... It was that very fast Dutrow sprinter Lite The Fuse and Afternoon Deelites that DH'ed for the place...

[JDank34]

Exacta in the MET Mile

Chatain 7/2
Lawyer Ron 4/1

book it!!!


******If Angel "I love to scratch more than Robert Frankel" Penna actually runs

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by whodey17

I am worried that Sun King just doesnt know how to win. He runs very competitive races but for some reason he doesnt seem to cross the wire first. I believe his last win was the Commonwealth at Keeneland. So I guess he is 1 for his last 8 or 9 races.

It's hard to believe he would have beaten Invasor last year---if he hadn't done his best impersonation of Perfect Drift or Balletto....although, he's shown a good deal of hang in many other races.

When you think of last years Whitney Handicap, you think of the old Chinese Proverb "three smelly tailors can defeat one Zhuge Liang."

Perhaps Invasor hasn't yet matched the unparalleled brillance that the warlord stratigist displayed in 3rd century China....

But one smelly jockey and two pretty decent horses weren't quite enough to defeat one Invasor last summer.

The premature inside move by Jara..to engage Flower Alley early, combined with eye-balling a Travers winner through 5f's in a stressful midrace battle, combined with having a fresh Sun King ready to mop up the lone survivor of that battle...compounded to give Invasor a legit excuse had he lost...but to his credit, he desperately fought off Sun King.

Here's a great picture of them off the turn, eye-ball to eye-ball, both with ears pinned...Flower Alley leaning on him a little, about to finally crack...and have horses like We Can Seek and West Virgina blow past him in the very late stages. Sun King's ready to pounce.

[blackthroatedwind]

Out of curiosity DrugS, how long are you going to keeping harping on the imaginary bad ride on Flower Alley? While obviously he didn't enjoy the cleverest of trips, he got absolutely drowned in the race, as well as his two subsequent efforts. Clearly it wasn't the trip that did him in. Horses get less than clever rides all the time....do you bet all these horses back even when they don't run a step?

You act as though it was Flower Alley's poorly timed ride in the Whitney that was responsible for his complete disintegration. Considering the subsequent events it was an inconsequential blip on his doomed career.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Flower Alley had a perfect ride in the Whitney