Georgie Boy

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

Yeah, we all know that Mike Mitchell had nothing to do with it

Mitchell also had him when he ran 8th in his first start in California before being placed on a synthetic. Peter Walder (who is currently 18-for-51 and winning at a 35% clip at GP) trained him when he was 4th on the dirt in the 50K claimer.

Mitchell obviously played a role in this horse improving - but that has nothing to do with the surface question.

Peter Walder is one of the highest percentage guys around - he's not some bum who gets in horses way.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Sun Boat too? RIP buddy.

For horses like Big Booster and Sun Boat, I think there are other variables that could account for their improvement. I'm not just going to say that it was the synthetic. There are other examples of horses out there that are definitely better on synthetic than dirt that don't have question marks about their improvement like these horses.

I'm not really one that usually talks bad about trainers, and if I do there is always a very valid reason. I would never use Mike Mitchell as a trainer. I will leave it at that.

Has Heatseeker ever ran over the traditional dirt surface?