Aftershock of Stardom Bound sale

[PSH]

Originally Posted by Revidere

Does Mike Smith keep the mount? I talked with him before the Debutante and he really thought she was going to keep getting better and better. I thought he fit her well.

I suspect if it is R. Dutrow training her in the future then Edgar Prado is as good a guess as anyone who picks up the mount....

Originally Posted by PSH

I suspect if it is R. Dutrow training her in the future then Edgar Prado is as good a guess as anyone who picks up the mount....

Why not Kent D ?

[Danzig]

dutrow generally used prado. desormeaux only got the mount on big brown because edgar got injured and couldn't ride him in a race, and they opted to leave KD on him.

[Betsy]

http://www.drf.com/news/article/99775.html

I think this is kind of cool and I love that Mike Smith gets to keep the mount.
Plus, a horse actually running and not staying in the barn? Shocking!

[pointman]

If the owner has any sense, he/she will replace Mike Smith with someone who can ride a horse.

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by pointman

If the owner has any sense, he/she will replace Mike Smith with someone who can ride a horse.

Because Mike Smith hasn't won any big races on Stardom Bound?

[pointman]

Originally Posted by Betsy

Because Mike Smith hasn't won any big races on Stardom Bound?

Because Mike Smith has the uncanny ability to lose races that he should win. There is a reason why he can't stick around on the New York circuit.