2/28-3/1 (GP): FOY (Gr. II); Canadian (Gr. III); Davona Dale (Gr. II)

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

And here I am thinking that JUICE was supposed to be consistent.

Whoever said anything about juice?

A suspected "juiced" horse is technically supposed to explode in one race or sometimes two or three races and just fall apart at the seems totally there after.

The crazy thing about these super trainers - is that they seem to have alchemistic powers and get these huge move-ups and keep horses going strong for many races and sometimes through long (albeit well spaced) campaigns. Dutrow is no doubt one of them.

If you're curious as to how I bet this specific race .. I did bet the big figure horses. Go ahead and mock me about it all you want if it makes you feel any better.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

If you're curious as to how I bet this specific race .. I did bet the big figure horses. Go ahead and mock me about it all you want if it makes you feel any better.

How does that make me feel better? The big figure horses also happened to be the 'wipe-out' winners, so don't think that I wasn't, almost, right behind you. I bet Beethoven and still couldn't get it done. Tell you who really had balls: those taking 5:1 on the winner.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

Tell you who really had balls: those taking 5:1 on the winner.

I agree. He took a hell of a lot of money.

[Bobby Fischer]

This Ones For Phil was in good shape - until he ran a 21.72 second quarter

I bet TOFP and Theregoesjojo to win. SamePage and Quality Road and maybe even Taqarub were supposed to duel on a 21.72 1st quarter with Prado carefully keeping TOFP out of the pace duel,
but the rest is history...

Quality Road ran back to his debut race. He's a nice horse, he's better than War Pass was at this time last year, and Quality Road can actually press as well as lead.

Lets be honest - this was a good field, but it's not really what its hyped up to be as "One of the Best Derby Preps in ages...". Most of these horses aren't classic distance horses. It was a nice field of sprinters and milers coming together with a lot of big figures.
Maybe if you get some of the sprinters out of the way it could help a horse like Quality Road even more in the Florida Derby he gets to relax up front.

They ran all ran pretty well to form - the race tactics and pace scenario just didn't materialize the way you would expect.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

This Ones For Phil was in good shape - until he ran a 21.72 second quarter

I bet TOFP and Theregoesjojo to win. SamePage and Quality Road and maybe even Taqarub were supposed to duel on a 21.72 1st quarter with Prado carefully keeping TOFP out of the pace duel,
but the rest is history...

Quality Road ran back to his debut race. He's a nice horse, he's better than War Pass was at this time last year, and Quality Road can actually press as well as lead.

Lets be honest - this was a good field, but it's not really what its hyped up to be as "One of the Best Derby Preps in ages...". Most of these horses aren't classic distance horses. It was a nice field of sprinters and milers coming together with a lot of big figures.
Maybe if you get some of the sprinters out of the way it could help a horse like Quality Road even more in the Florida Derby he gets to relax up front.

They ran all ran pretty well to form - the race tactics and pace scenario just didn't materialize the way you would expect.

I didn't get that...I'm more interested in the Gotham than I was of this race.
Solid race from Quality Road though.

[Handicappy]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

I didn't get that...I'm more interested in the Gotham than I was of this race.
Solid race from Quality Road though.

Totally agree. But Quality Road was freakish here. Staying that close to such a suicidal pace and then closing with a 23 (I think). Very eye openning. Now onto the excitement of the Gotham!

[letswastemoney]

I'm impressed with Quality Road. Theregoesjojo had the race set up for him though, so it wasn't as impressive.

[Indian Charlie]

Strawberry Road stood for only 10k?

That has to be the biggest stallion bargain in my lifetime. Well, besides IC starting out at 10k, but SR was already a well established stallion.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Strawberry Road stood for only 10k?

That has to be the biggest stallion bargain in my lifetime. Well, besides IC starting out at 10k, but SR was already a well established stallion.

How about Candy Stripes at $6,000?