Circular Quay

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Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Not that he really blew me or anyone else away with his win in the NO Handicap yesterday, but this horse has taken quite the beating on this board. Maybe and I mean MAYBE he could become an interesting addition to the very weak handicap division.

NT

I thought he beat only a modest field of gr 2 horses yesterday, however the one positive thing he showed me yesterday was he wasn't miles out of it early on leaving him with less to do as he usually is too far out of it to make an impact in a race. If he can show that yesterday wasn't an abberation, he could be an improved horse this yr.

[blackthroatedwind]

I thought he ran a nice race yesterday. You could say he had a good trip, but unlike last year he was close to a slowish pace, and did what he had to. No reason he can't have a solid year. The more decent handicap horses the better.

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I thought he ran a nice race yesterday. You could say he had a good trip, but unlike last year he was close to a slowish pace, and did what he had to. No reason he can't have a solid year. The more decent handicap horses the better.

Agree more horses the better it is for racing.

[Danzig]

i thought it was a heck of a race, with drama from start to finish. no records set, no huge imposts, but a fine battle between two horses. they won't go down in history or anything, but it was fun to watch.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i thought it was a heck of a race, with drama from start to finish. no records set, no huge imposts, but a fine battle between two horses. they won't go down in history or anything, but it was fun to watch.

It was a great stretch duel and a fun race.

Nobody is pretending these are superstars, but they're pretty good, and they put on a helluva show yesterday. May there be more throughout the year.

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

It was a great stretch duel and a fun race.

Nobody is pretending these are superstars, but they're pretty good, and they put on a helluva show yesterday. May there be more throughout the year.

i think they both could be superstars in this weak division...
no one knows if curlin will return from dubai the same horse, i think especially grasshopper could be great.

[alysheba4]

i was very surprised with the speed Q.C showed....... i dont know if it was the blinkers or if he just loves the fairgrounds. bottom line is it was a fine performance, it seems that whatever a horse does some folks always want to down grade it

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Originally Posted by Danzig

i thought it was a heck of a race, with drama from start to finish. no records set, no huge imposts, but a fine battle between two horses. they won't go down in history or anything, but it was fun to watch.

Not to mention it was for 500K, not a bad payday for a race this early on. Forgot to mention can't remember if Circular Quay ever raced with blinkers on but he looked like a different horse yesterday.

[Danzig]

it was a nice payday, and he surprised me with his tenacity. i really didn't think he had it in him. so many former derby starters end up flopping, i wasn't sure what to expect. it was a nice surprise.

[blackthroatedwind]

I didn't think he wanted any part of 1 1/8 miles. In fact, I didn't think he was much horse at all.

Sometimes it's good to be wrong.