Imperial Council ?

[lemoncrush]

I'm interested in seeing him run again, too.
With the long layoff, I would guess he'll show up in an allowance race soon, and if all goes well, point to the FOY or Tampa Bay Derby after that.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by lemoncrush

I'm interested in seeing him run again, too.
With the long layoff, I would guess he'll show up in an allowance race soon, and if all goes well, point to the FOY or Tampa Bay Derby after that.

How many TB Derby's has Shug started a colt in?

[jinjin]

Imperial Council's last work at Payson...1/22 4f in 50.60. I like this horse and am interested in seeing him run again. He has tactical speed unlike Shug's usual suspects that come from behind. He was green in his first race, which he should have won and showed a lot of heart trying to fight Hello Bway to the line. When he broke his maiden he was all business with blinkers added...just sat off the lead and took over when Prado asked him...Looked like a new horse and really professional.

[Linny]

I can't find the chart for his win, who owns Imperial Council? He was listed on Dan Illman's "Spa Babies" has having gone through the sales ring so I'm guessing he's not a Phipps horse.

[jinjin]

When last I checked Sequoia Racing... I thought McGaughey trained exclusively for Phipps and Janney... There must be a connection somehow.

[Linny]

http://www.sequoiaracing.com/
Thank you. I remember reading about them last fall. I had figured that Sequoia was the racing name of a Phipps family member but it looks like it's not.

[NTamm1215]

I find it hilarious that Dunkirk has gotten absolutely slammed on this board but Imperial Council has been considered a "sleeper" for quite some time both here and with a number of "experts."

If Dunkirk capitalized on a terrific pace setup in his debut then what exactly did Imperial Council do when he broke his maiden in career start #2? They went pitifully slow to the half and considering Professor Z had a disastrous start and then made a woefully premature move, IC had EVERYTHING go his way. American Dance broke his maiden in his next start when he beat the mighty Aswaaq and was then drowned by Old Fashioned. Professor Z beat a horrible field of maidens on 11/1 at the Big A then beat an equally terrible N1X field on the inner. He was exposed at Oaklawn in an ungraded stake.

I am admittedly not a Shug McGaughey fan and that has nothing to do with Shug as a man. His horses garner a ton of hype all the time, are consistently overbet, and almost as consistently underperform. I understand that he has done great things over the years, as Easy Goer and Lure were outstanding animals, but that was then and this is now.

NT

[jinjin]

Originally Posted by Linny

http://www.sequoiaracing.com/
Thank you. I remember reading about them last fall. I had figured that Sequoia was the racing name of a Phipps family member but it looks like it's not.

I thought this cleared it up. It doesn't really matter, does it.