Willie's ride

Scav · #1 07-12-2007, 01:07 PM

Trust me, she is smart as hell, when I got to the barn you couldn't feed them because it was race day. I had a cargo pocket full of peppermints and she smelled them and was all over my leg, it was quite hilarious......

ArlJim78 · #2 07-12-2007, 01:33 PM

I like a rider who knows his horse and doesn't flinch and make a sudden reaction when a couple of cheap speed horses make a run for it on the backstretch. Sometimes jocks will make a premature move when that happens and compromise the horses chances. Willie stayed cool, let them do their thing, and waited for them to fade.

I'm thinking that it was a new top for Green Door, especially for a route.
We'll see.

wiphan · #3 07-12-2007, 02:26 PM

I also think Willie did an excellent job with his ride on Sumwon. It seemed at the stretch that she waited for GD to come get her and then kicked it back in again too late after GD passed her. I believe TC said it best- she needs the blinkers.

Scav · #4 07-12-2007, 02:31 PM

If you put blinkers on this horse, you will undue all the hard work that Chuck has done to get her to rate. She is a horse with speed, she isn't a hanger

Bid said it best that hilarious Mojica Jr gunned her horse, right when Willie had her nice and settled, and it got her into the bit again

SniperSB23 · #5 07-12-2007, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Scav

If you put blinkers on this horse, you will undue all the hard work that Chuck has done to get her to rate. She is a horse with speed, she isn't a hanger

Bid said it best that hilarious Mojica Jr gunned her horse, right when Willie had her nice and settled, and it got her into the bit again

That is my feeling as well. Her record screams hanger but from watching all of her races that isn't the case at all.

Scav · #6 07-12-2007, 02:42 PM

I disagree about her record screaming hanger. Just becuase she has 2nd/2nd/2nd doesn't mean hanger. She has gone up against two stakes horses and run hard against both, and then she yesterday she ran into an improver with a perfect trip.

Running second in those situations is not a bad thing. 6 months ago this horse was a 15k claimer, now she is solid allowance horse

wiphan · #7 07-12-2007, 02:45 PM

If you watch the race again, you see her settle in and slow down in the stretch and then once she sees GD pass her Sumwon kicks it back in. How do you propose on fixing that?

SniperSB23 · #8 07-12-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Scav

I disagree about her record screaming hanger. Just becuase she has 2nd/2nd/2nd doesn't mean hanger. She has gone up against two stakes horses and run hard against both, and then she yesterday she ran into an improver with a perfect trip.

Running second in those situations is not a bad thing. 6 months ago this horse was a 15k claimer, now she is solid allowance horse

All I meant by that was if you knew nothing about the horse and saw a 8-1-6-0 record you would immediately think hanger. Having watched all her races though we know that isn't the case.