The Alabama - is there a prayer

[eajinabi]

http://www.wunderground.com/US/NY/Saratoga_Springs.html

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by eajinabi

http://www.wunderground.com/US/NY/Saratoga_Springs.html

Thanks for the link!

I'm worried because I always worry, lol. I'm not that familiar with how Indy's offspring fare in the mud, believe it or not. Music Note also ran rather an ordinary race in the slop, but that was her debut, so perhaps you could chalk it up to her just needing a race. I guess we'll just have to wait and see - I hope it's fast (or good) so that we get a good, fair race.

[ateamstupid]

It'll almost definitely be fast.

[Betsy]

well, I asked for a fast track and got it, but Music Note just wasn't good enough today. I'm not happy with the glacial fractions Little Belle set and I think MN should have been much closer, but she had her chance and just couldn't get by Proud Spell.

[eajinabi]

that was racing at its best.
Gabriel Saez redeemed the victory and revenge on music note. Great ride and one helluva race

[Betsy]

I'm not saying this as sour grapes, but I'm not sure how great a race it was. Those fractions were suitable for trotting horses, not thoroughbreds. I don't think every close race is great. If MN had won, I'd be thrilled, but I would also be disappointed as I don't think she ran that well. I had a bad feeling all afternoon about this filly. I just got the idea that Godolphin was talking up Little Belle and that Music Note did not really flourish after the CCAO. Her work the other day, when she went 2 seconds slower than Little Belle, sounded a couple of alarms with me.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Betsy

I'm not saying this as sour grapes, but I'm not sure how great a race it was. Those fractions were suitable for trotting horses, not thoroughbreds. I don't think every close race is great. If MN had won, I'd be thrilled, but I would also be disappointed as I don't think she ran that well. I had a bad feeling all afternoon about this filly. I just got the idea that Godolphin was talking up Little Belle and that Music Note did not really flourish after the CCAO. Her work the other day, when she went 2 seconds slower than Little Belle, sounded a couple of alarms with me.

it did? i thought you seemed happy with her work, and how she finished up. and she only lost by a head today, not exactly a disappointing effort. looking forward to the rubber match between todays top two.