Round Pond/Edgar Prado

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Originally Posted by Kasept

I asked Matz about Round Pond today on ATRAB and he said that he lost a week or so of training coming into the Beldame with a foot bruise.. And in his opinion, it was significant time lost based on how she ran...

He said he thinks he can make up those 7 beaten lengths between now and the Distaff. She will be third off the layoff Nov. 4, and 24 days is a fair amount of time for a guy like Matz to put in whatever condition he needs. She's a very interesting alternative to the obvious ones come Distaff with the explosive turn of foot of which she's capable..

but in all honesty...that still does not explain Edgar's ride on her...unless I am missing something????

Originally Posted by GPK

but in all honesty...that still does not explain Edgar's ride on her...unless I am missing something????

Kev often when this situation occurs a filly can be rank.
Its why I didn't condemn as harshly as others. I watched the replay and it looked to me as if he tried to tap on the brakes and she wouldnt brake. When that happens you have two choices. You can either fight em to death to wrangle em back and lose, or you can let have their head and hope they chill out if they make the lead or relax a bit after a while.
Edgar didn't look comfortable with what was going on.