3/7 (SA): SA H. (Gr. I); Kilroe (Gr. I); SA Oaks (Gr. I); Honest Lady (L)

[Merlinsky]

They do know they're supposed to run straight right? Seriously what are they trying to do to my ticker?

Is it fair to assume Stardom Bound is just not improving as much as her peers or is it a function of her running style that sometimes her races'll give you a pucker factor?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

They do know they're supposed to run straight right? Seriously what are they trying to do to my ticker?

Is it fair to assume Stardom Bound is just not improving as much as her peers or is it a function of her running style that sometimes her races'll give you a pucker factor?

deep closers can be fun to watch, but as you said, they can give you some anxious moments as well.
but her last two, imo, are nothing like what she was doing last fall. i think she's exhibited the same precocity as her sire and dam and that her peers will be notching some wins on her within the next race or two. i think the gap has closed considerably.

[Pedigree Ann]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

They do know they're supposed to run straight right? Seriously what are they trying to do to my ticker?

Is it fair to assume Stardom Bound is just not improving as much as her peers or is it a function of her running style that sometimes her races'll give you a pucker factor?

Or maybe the change in barns?

[Cannon Shell]

While it was nice to see Helen win, the Santa Anita Handicap has seen better days. The older grass horses stink.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

While it was nice to see Helen win, the Santa Anita Handicap has seen better days. The older grass horses stink.

i was enjoying the international flavor a bit-the 'cap this year seemed to draw a variety of horses. but it definitely had a turf field, regardless of what some want to call the main track out there.

Milf!

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

While it was nice to see Helen win, the Santa Anita Handicap has seen better days. The older grass horses stink.

I'm waiting for a track to have a dirt course, and a synthetic course, which would mean we'd still have dirt racing, but we'd also never be off the "turf."