Curlin v. Cobalt Blue

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I'm skeptical about Cobalt Blue as well since I don't think yesterday was that impressive. Like someone already said, kind of reminded me of Brother Derek. However, IMO the reason he was on the lead is because he was basically forced to be. He has shown an ability to pass horses in the past and by no means is a need the lead type. Just watch his debut and allowance race at Santa Anita. Yesterday's result should not lead to a conclusion that he is a need the lead type. Is he good enough to compete with the upper echelon 3 year olds right now, IMO no, but we'll see.

I didn't mean to imply that he's a need-the-lead type because I saw his other races as well.

I was just saying that I think he's a nice colt, but I'm not using yesterday's performance to make any big predictions on him, because races like that have in the past, not held up when big fields full of stakes horses actually show up.

That's why he reminded me of Brother Derek, just that he got a slow lead against a less-then-stellar field and had it his own way the whole time.