General Quarters

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I'll toss Big Brown's dam Mien into the race. She was another stellar race mare with a 2 race career ... though her racing career lasted only two weeks.

Track: Churchill Downs
Surface: Dirt
Distance: 10 furlongs
Weight: All horses carry 126lbs







Morning Line & Comments:

Kobla (4/5) Beaten 30+ lengths in both career starts - but has a serious pace advantage and should be able to cruise on a loose lead. Easily owns fields best dirt Beyer.

Mien (7/5) Only horse in field to run a respectable race - but it came on turf. Was barely able to keep contact with the field early on in her lone dirt try and was "distanced"

Ecology (3/1) If Kobla stops to an utter walk after six furlongs and Mien can't handle the dirt again - she could grind out an upset.

[Sightseek]

I'll take Mien...she's a proven winner.

[KirisClown]

Were there any decent horses in those two Kobla races?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by KirisClown

Were there any decent horses in those two Kobla races?

Corporate Miss won in her 2nd start and Rose of Cimmaron won in her debut.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Hard Spun's dam ran 4 times on dirt ... and never ran a Beyer higher than 42. Included in those 4 races was a well beaten 4th place finish at Penn National .. she'd be a great addition to the race but she was too good on turf to include.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Was there another excuse in Mien's first race DrugS? if not, tough to take 4-5 on a horse like that based on pedigree...even if she won

There was no excuse - she just got distanced.

They used to bet Dickinson like a mofo in Maryland - and I'm sure the field she faced 2nd time out was awful.