Corinthian earns lowest winning Beyer ever published for Met Mile

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I was a rabid Xtra Heat fan from the midway point of her 3-year-old season on---and even entertained the idea of betting her in that race--but the presence of Caller One and Squirtle Squirt and the likely pace battle that never happened kept me from it.

I steadfastly maintain that Swept Overboard was clearly the best that day.

[JJP]

The field this year was very underwhelming. Not surprised at all about the 107.

I see you went from Billick in your avatar to Ozzy. They had an interesting interview w/Ozzy on sportsradio in Chicago last week. Ozzy called up and started swearing like he was Ozzy Osbourne, not Guillen. And Mike North, absolutely let him have it and gave him a great ass-kicking on the air. The incident was enough to get North an audition for Don Imus' job at WFAN.

[philcski]

I got a 123.8 on my figs for this race, which equals a 112 Beyer (and considering the 2nd and 4th place finishers came out of the Westchester and ran virtually the same race, and got the same exact number for Political Force, fits well). I'd like to know why they came up with a 107; I'd guess it's because the the 6th race was only 5 lengths slower, but in that race the very consistent Organizer got his seemingly standard 115 (a 98 Beyer) and City Attraction basically paired his last race (a 117, equating to a 101 Beyer and a 118 this time.) Perhaps the 6th race was just fast for the level... they did come home awfully quick in that race after a very moderate pace.

Not the fastest Met Mile ever but not a terrible G1 either.

Originally Posted by philcski

I got a 123.8 on my figs for this race, which equals a 112 Beyer (and considering the 2nd and 4th place finishers came out of the Westchester and ran virtually the same race, and got the same exact number for Political Force, fits well). I'd like to know why they came up with a 107; I'd guess it's because the the 6th race was only 5 lengths slower, but in that race the very consistent Organizer got his seemingly standard 115 (a 98 Beyer) and City Attraction basically paired his last race (a 117, equating to a 101 Beyer and a 118 this time.) Perhaps the 6th race was just fast for the level... they did come home awfully quick in that race after a very moderate pace.

Not the fastest Met Mile ever but not a terrible G1 either.

I think a number of horses had a tough run and Corinthian capitalized on it. It was a very interesting race on paper and I think it turned out interesting in the way it was run.
Two bad starts: Silent Name, can he run on dirt. Lawyer Ron
Crushed in the pack: Silver Wagon
Rabbit that never fired... Dutrow has on owner willing to sacrifice a sprinter that was just not fast. And it would not have mattered for Silver Wagon.
Corinthian fighting the turn yet again, but getting down to business at the end.