2/2 (GP): Gr. I Donn; Gr. II Swale

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by robfla

good call Bruce

i dont suppose it would be too much to ask to actually say who the top 3 were in the race, for those of us without access to the race?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

i dont suppose it would be too much to ask to actually say who the top 3 were in the race, for those of us without access to the race?

Spring At Last - AP Arrow - Kiss the Kid - Brass Hat.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Spring At Last - AP Arrow - Kiss the Kid - Brass Hat.

wow, thanks

what happened to the big fave, daaher?

[KirisClown]

Turned out to be one of the best Donns ever...

[fpsoxfan]

Kiss the Kid ran a very good race to finish 3rd. Dahaar just didn't have it today. Didn't look as though the jockey could really relax him.

Wrong on Fairbanks. Thanks CDI for twinspires being down.

Daaher is a good miler.

[ArlJim78]

there have been 15 9F races at Gulfstream this year.
11 have been won by the 1 or 2 horse.
all other post positions have only 4 wins.

both races today were won by the 2.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by fpsoxfan

Kiss the Kid ran a very good race to finish 3rd. Dahaar just didn't have it today. Didn't look as though the jockey could really relax him.

Agreed re: Kiss the Kid. Huge race. It looked to me like Daaher had to have gotten hurt. Just speculation, but dude was going backwards in the stretch.

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Agreed re: Kiss the Kid. Huge race. It looked to me like Daaher had to have gotten hurt. Just speculation, but dude was going backwards in the stretch.

His pride maybe.

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

His pride maybe.

i give km a bit of blame ..luzzi hasent rode one race at gs till this one..weather the horse was short or not..and i know its his mount out of loyalty..but still......

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

i give km a bit of blame ..luzzi hasent rode one race at gs till this one..weather the horse was short or not..and i know its his mount out of loyalty..but still......

Luzzi rode him 100% perfectly. How can you even suggest that the rider had anything to do with it? The horse abdicated going into the turn.

Enough with the jockeys.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Daheer was obviously very overrated off of his Cigar Mile win - where on a clear lead he set identical fractions to a wire-to-wire 8/1 shot 2yo Lukas maiden (Legacy Thief) ... however, hard to believe he was going to run that bad.

I think even the last holdouts of the Doug O'Neill stinks with shippers arguement are ready to raise the white flags.

What an awful race.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Daheer was obviously very overrated off of his Cigar Mile win - where on a clear lead he set identical fractions to a wire-to-wire 8/1 shot 2yo Lukas maiden (Legacy Thief) ... however, hard to believe he was going to run that bad.

I think even the last holdouts of the Doug O'Neill stinks with shippers arguement are ready to raise the white flags.

What an awful race.

Obviously you can't use this race as a true measure of Daaher's ability. Something went wrong.

However, as you said, even right after the race, his Cigar Mile wasn't as good as many thought upon disection. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Right now he looks like a horse that needs things to go his way to shine. Maybe he's a slower version of Commentator. I'm sure you will agree that Commentator would have dominated that Cigar Mile if given an identical trip.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Daheer was obviously very overrated off of his Cigar Mile win - where on a clear lead he set identical fractions to a wire-to-wire 8/1 shot 2yo Lukas maiden (Legacy Thief) ... however, hard to believe he was going to run that bad.

23.10 23.22 23.50 23.97

23.27 23.30 25.07 25.05


That's about as 'identical' as you could get.