Latent Heat

[slotdirt]

The Ack Ack is a mile, I believe.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

The Ack Ack is a mile, I believe.

You're correct. It's one mile...

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

You're correct. It's one mile...

Yeah, it used to be 7 1/2 furlongs for the longest time and they changed to a mile, which is about the same thing IMO....the outcome of the race at 7 1/2 is just as likely at a one-turn mile trip IMO......kinda like a mile around two turns and a mile and 70 yards around two turns...not much different from the dynamic of the race....

Actually, as a tidbit - I do remember Bredar changing this race to a mile now.....they also want to get rid of the Ack Ack name (because there are like 3 races around the country named Ack Ack) and they were seriously thinking about changing it to the Muhammed Ali Mile (or maybe just the Ali Mile)....I'll have to find out what happened to that....I hate to say it but maybe they are waiting for him to pass away first....you never know...CD loves publicity as much as the next publicly traded company does......

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

Yeah, it used to be 7 1/2 furlongs for the longest time and they changed to a mile, which is about the same thing IMO....the outcome of the race at 7 1/2 is just as likely at a one-turn mile trip IMO......kinda like a mile around two turns and a mile and 70 yards around two turns...not much different from the dynamic of the race....

Actually, as a tidbit - I do remeber Bredar changing this race to a mile now.....they also want to get rid of the Ack Ack name (because there are like 3 races aroungg the country named Ack Ack) and they were seriously thinking about changing it to the Muhammed Ali Mile (or maybe just the Ali Mile)....I'll have to find out what happened to that....I hate to say it but maybe they are waiting for him to pass away first....you never know...CD loves publicity as much as the next publicly traded company does......

Agreed about the minute difference between a mile and 7 1/2 furlongs... it's only a 100m difference... hardly enough to have a major effect IMO.

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Agreed about the minute difference between a mile and 7 1/2 furlongs... it's only a 100m difference... hardly enough to have a major effect IMO.

Yeah, and the 100m is in the already long run down the backstretch (a hair closer out of the chute)....the finish from the far turn to the wire is the same - and from what is about the same pace scenario and race set up early on.....almost no affecting difference...

[Scav]

On dirt, Frankel is aiming Juddmonte-owned Latent Heat to the Grade 1, seven-furlong Malibu on Dec. 26 at Santa Anita. Latent Heat earned triple-digit Beyer Figures in two straight before finishing ninth, with an alibi, in the Perryville Stakes on Oct. 13 at Keeneland.

"He came out of the race sick," Frankel said. "He's going to run in the Malibu, and he will win."

[blackthroatedwind]

He's a pretty good horse and will be tough if he makes the Malibu. That race is usually one to look forward to.

Originally Posted by Scav

On dirt, Frankel is aiming Juddmonte-owned Latent Heat to the Grade 1, seven-furlong Malibu on Dec. 26 at Santa Anita. Latent Heat earned triple-digit Beyer Figures in two straight before finishing ninth, with an alibi, in the Perryville Stakes on Oct. 13 at Keeneland.

"He came out of the race sick," Frankel said. "He's going to run in the Malibu, and he will win."

I acually wouldn't disagree with him....the Perryville was over the rubber tires anyway - so it is a toss....

Hell, if I liked him against Magna Graduate, Its No Joke, Awesome Twist and all of those other tough older horses in the Ack Ack as a 3-year-old then I have to like him in the Malibu against straight 3-year-olds....the horse has run some 1s and 2s on the Rag sheets....not too shabby....Frankel is STRTICTLY a sheets guy and he knows those figs are good enough to be tough in the Malibu....be curious to see whoelse shios in for the race.....Too Much Bling has run faster than Latent Heat and is a seven-furlong specialist....we'll see...

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by Scav

On dirt, Frankel is aiming Juddmonte-owned Latent Heat to the Grade 1, seven-furlong Malibu on Dec. 26 at Santa Anita. Latent Heat earned triple-digit Beyer Figures in two straight before finishing ninth, with an alibi, in the Perryville Stakes on Oct. 13 at Keeneland.

"He came out of the race sick," Frankel said. "He's going to run in the Malibu, and he will win."

We shall see said the blind man. The Malibu can be and will be loaded this year.