why hard spun sucks...

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Hail2Reason

It isn't a matter of whether or not he can get 10f. Obviously he can. He just can't beat the top horses at that distance. He has tried repeatedly and failed repeatedly. Curlin has tried and won. AGS has tried and won. They don't have problems getting the distance.

Hard Spun's best distance is 8f and shorter. Look at the last 1/8th of all his route races. He tires.

Are you saying you know better than the trainer who ran him in a 7f race yesterday instead of a 10f race? The Travers is a much more prestigious race than the Kings Bishop but for some reason the trainer went 7f.

i think the 7f choice was due to street sense going in the travers, as well as the want to get that gr 1, why not take what may be the easier route? it worked. i'm not saying he is BETTER at the longer, i'm saying the contention he can't handle 10f is wrong. had street sense not gotten a perfect, dream trip in the derby, hard spun is your winner. he has finished ahead of curlin, ahead of AGS, he's in the mix every time.

and please, make up your mind. in your previous post you said he can't get it, now you say he can. which is it??