Truth or Dare

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Big Train was the first-timer by Forestry, right? That's reason alone for a bet in that kind of field. . .

Exactly...and I'm not trying to sound like a know-it-all but Forestry is an A sire on the turf, Big Train's trainer Phil Serpe is over 30% at the meet, having won the opener on Monday, and the horse had the speed-and-fade angle at MSW level behind a really nice field last time out.

The problem I had with Truth or Dare was that while he did get into trouble first time out in his second race he had a clear run in the stretch after having marginal trouble at the start. Even when he had room he really didn't rally with any punch.

Those MSWs at Gulfstream after Florida Derby day, by the way, need to be taken with a grain of salt. They are much heavier with soon-to-be Calder horses than soon-to-be NY horses.

NT