My horse of the year scenarios

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Wow this is good stuff..Let's call Farish and Howard and let them know what they bred and why his is a runner now maybe they can buy him back and stand him next.

I really don't mean to be a jerk but seriously do you believe anything that you wrote above. You think that the horse is starting to come around because he is bred to get get 10 to 14f's? Don't you think Lanesend has a an idea how Mambo's tend to be? Isn't a bit more plausible that N.Howard is not a cheater because his client can't and the new owners can?

I know you are new and all but he has won 2 of the worst handicap races ever run in North America. He is not running huge numbers or doing much more than he was before.


OMG I just defended the syringe and Assmussen....feeling weak....

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Wow this is good stuff..Let's call Farish and Howard and let them know what they bred and why he is a runner now maybe they can buy him back and stand him next.

I really don't mean to be a jerk but seriously do you believe anything that you wrote above. You think that the horse is starting to come around because he is bred to get get 10 to 14f's? Don't you think Lanesend has a an idea how Mambo's tend to be? Isn't a bit more plausible that N.Howard is not a cheater because his client can't and the new owners can?

Then again, why not ask yourself why people thought he was impossible in that race? He was competitive vs Brass Hat, Magna Grad and Wanderin Boy. He certainly was not impossible vs an unproven Lava Man and the rest of that scraggly crew on the synthetic.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Wow this is good stuff..Let's call Farish and Howard and let them know what they bred and why he is a runner now maybe they can buy him back and stand him next.

I really don't mean to be a jerk but seriously do you believe anything that you wrote above. You think that the horse is starting to come around because he is bred to get get 10 to 14f's? Don't you think Lanesend has a an idea how Mambo's tend to be? Isn't a bit more plausible that N.Howard is not a cheater because his client can't and the new owners can?

the horse had been coming around incrementally for Howard for some time.
The Del Mar race was not any kind of breakout performance according to any figures i have seen. It was in fact in line with how he was performing for Howard. SC's best TG# remains his last race at Churchill Downs for Howard.

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Yeah I'm sure his "improvement" had nothing to do with going into barns that have had a pretty extensive history of drug overages in the past.

I doubt you can syringe a horse to win a grade 1 and easily get away with it. Especially first time Vladimir.