6/5 (BEL): Hill Prince (Gr. III); Brooklyn (Gr. II); + 2 Listed S.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

I'm surprised to see a horse like Affirmatif running in the Hill Prince when he'd likely be favored in a G2, and for a lot more money, in two weeks.

I thought Pletcher would throw him in the deep end after his smashing debut at GP. I saw at Kee why he has decided to handle this one with kid gloves and bring him along slowly. After my best mush job of all time calling him the best 3yo colt in the land, he cost me a 2k DD and p4 hit. He is a very immature (head case) 3yo. Probaly would benefit greatly from being gelded but, has too much Pedigree and talent to be cut. His Dam side is very strong.

Bottom line: I think he is the most talented horse in the field....But a big bet against at short odds.
His last race wasnt all that impressive while beating absolutely nothing.
The only horse to beat Aff so far is Golden Mexico, who was sent off as the Fav in a Stakie at Arl against Giant Oak. After setting slow fractions on a lonely lead he folded like a soup sandwich in the lane.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

I thought Pletcher would throw him in the deep end after his smashing debut at GP. I saw at Kee why he has decided to handle this one with kid gloves and bring him along slowly. After my best mush job of all time calling him the best 3yo colt in the land, he cost me a 2k DD and p4 hit. He is a very immature (head case) 3yo. Probaly would benefit greatly from being gelded but, has too much Pedigree and talent to be cut. His Dam side is very strong.

Bottom line: I think he is the most talented horse in the field....But a big bet against at short odds.
His last race wasnt all that impressive while beating absolutely nothing.
The only horse to beat Aff so far is Golden Mexico, who was sent off as the Fav in a Stakie at Arl against Giant Oak. After setting slow fractions on a lonely lead he folded like a soup sandwich in the lane.

I'm not sure how good this horse is; and he might not be much.

But, I believe, that basing an opinion on the KEE race is the wrong way to go.
He got all the worst of it in terms of setup and ground covered (running 39ft or 4.5 lengths more than than the winner) in that race and certainly ran better than Golden Mexico. The only lesson coming out of that one was that GW was a tossin the AP race.

[blackthroatedwind]

I'm not a fan of Affirmatif either.

[JerseyJ]

Mani Bhavan is not running. There was an article on DRF that Klesaris is only running the horse who just won at Delaware, Malibu Beach and the others are scratching.

[NTamm1215]

As of right now the 8th and 9th are on the turf, which is rated soft. Total rainfall forecasted for today is about 1.25 inches. .

NT