2/20 (FG): Risen Star (G2); Mineshaft, FG H., SBD (G3's)

[NTamm1215]

I'm not sure why Maximus Ruler didn't get entered in the Risen Star. Anyone know?

NT

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

I'm not sure why Maximus Ruler didn't get entered in the Risen Star. Anyone know?

NT

injury.

http://www.nola.com/horseracing/inde...aximus_ru.html

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by DaTruth

injury.

http://www.nola.com/horseracing/inde...aximus_ru.html

Thanks for the update.

NT

[rpncaine]

Damn...he's in my Road To the Roses stable too.

[Betsy]

I love Hotep, but I hope they scratch him due to his awful post. Discreetly Mine should be kept sprinting, but he's a 3 year old with a pulse, so that's not happening. I love Tapit, but I suspect Tempted to Tapit is just a product of bad winter racing at Aqueduct. I'd be shocked if he's up to this.

I love Devil May Care; she's a forgotten filly due to her stinker in the BC, but she's back on dirt and that should make all the difference

[ateamstupid]

Tempted to Tapit's last race looks phenomenal and he appears the speed of the speed. I'll be interested to see how he follows up his last.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Tempted to Tapit's last race looks phenomenal and he appears the speed of the speed. I'll be interested to see how he follows up his last.

Bias aided races on the inner, especially at two turns, should be taken with a grain of salt. What were his prior excuses?

Discreetly Mine is much faster early.

[jms62]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Tempted to Tapit's last race looks phenomenal and he appears the speed of the speed. I'll be interested to see how he follows up his last.

I agree but he did it on a muddy track so obviously I wonder how much he was aided by that.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Betsy

I love Hotep, but I hope they scratch him due to his awful post. Discreetly Mine should be kept sprinting, but he's a 3 year old with a pulse, so that's not happening. I love Tapit, but I suspect Tempted to Tapit is just a product of bad winter racing at Aqueduct. I'd be shocked if he's up to this.

I love Devil May Care; she's a forgotten filly due to her stinker in the BC, but she's back on dirt and that should make all the difference

trainer doesn't seem upset about hoteps post-with the race being 1 1/16th, i don't think the post is something the horse can't deal with. as for discreetly mine, being by mineshaft i don't know why you'd worry about him stretching out.

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by Danzig

trainer doesn't seem upset about hoteps post-with the race being 1 1/16th, i don't think the post is something the horse can't deal with. as for discreetly mine, being by mineshaft i don't know why you'd worry about him stretching out.

I read Frostad's quotes - did they come before or after the draw? In any case, I guess it doesn't matter. A bad post shouldn't hinder the colt from at least running well - it's not like he has to win.

As far as Discreetly Mine goes, Mineshaft has been such a disappointment as a sire that, to me, the fact that he was a router doesn't mean that much. I know you know that not every offspring by a sire takes after that sire - AP Indy has sired sprinter/milers in his career. I did like DM last year, but I really thought his Spectacular Bid was mediocre - at no point did he show anything. He also doesn't look like a horse that will stretch out; to me, he's at best a miler, but I really don't think he wants more than 7 furlongs. I don't expect much from him in this race.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Betsy

I love Hotep,

If he somehow runs competitively - you could safely forget about the Derby hopes of every single horse in this race... unless a horse encounters monumental trouble or their jockey falls off.

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

If he somehow runs competitively - you could safely forget about the Derby hopes of every single horse in this race... unless a horse encounters monumental trouble or their jockey falls off.

Ok, I guess you don't think much of this horse, lol. We'll see...I have no idea how he'll do, but I do think he's promising (and he's hardly the worst horse in the race)