Dunkirk

[Scurlogue Champ]

I'm with Dew on this one, I would run him in the trial regardless.

That race should be a field of horses tightening up for the big one.

It has turned into a ****ing joke of a race.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Scurlogue Champ

I'm with Dew on this one, I would run him in the trial regardless.

That race should be a field of horses tightening up for the big one.

It has turned into a ****ing joke of a race.

Its 10 days before the Derby, your out of your mind thinking it is a tightener....

[Scurlogue Champ]

Originally Posted by Scav

Its 10 days before the Derby, your out of your mind thinking it is a tightener....

Only in America would it not be considered one.

10 days is plenty of time.

Is the 14 day difference between the Preakness and Derby that much different? Or is that special?

[Scurlogue Champ]

Originally Posted by Scav

Its 10 days before the Derby, your out of your mind thinking it is a tightener....

I thought it was 7 days before.

Didn't it used to be?

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Scurlogue Champ

I thought it was 7 days before.

Didn't it used to be?

7 days, my bad, way back when sure, but the animal has changed....

[Sightseek]

They could also go into the Lexington.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

They could also go into the Lexington.

If they were to do it, the Lexington makes more sense, but they are going to sit on the horse. They have probably a 50/50 chance of getting in....

[Scurlogue Champ]

The animal hasn't changed at all. The approach has.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by Scurlogue Champ

The animal hasn't changed at all. The approach has.

The 'understanding' has changed, trainers and owners realize that by spacing out races, they get more efficient and productive runs.

[Scurlogue Champ]

The understanding of what? The animal?

Check the Australian Group One Runners and their PP's to see how inefficient and unproductive 7 and 14 day spacing is.