Big Brown Beyer 109

[cmorioles]

I think if all tracks were dirt this year they would have looked pretty much the same, though I guess Sweetnorthernsaint looked OK. Boy did he fall off.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

I think if all tracks were dirt this year they would have looked pretty much the same, though I guess Sweetnorthernsaint looked OK. Boy did he fall off.

Point taken, but considering that no synthetic horse finished better than sixth on Saturday, I don't know if we can totally write off the synthetic figures as too low.

[cmorioles]

Not so much that they were low, but just on a different surface and probably produced more bogus contenders than ever before. If the preps had all been on dirt, the field would have looked much different with a lot more speed in my opinion.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Not so much that they were low, but just on a different surface and probably produced more bogus contenders than ever before. If the preps had all been on dirt, the field would have looked much different with a lot more speed in my opinion.

i wonder what cali horses could have won those preps had it been on a dirt surface, and may have given big brown a run for his money? but they couldn't, cause no one knows they might have legit dirt form.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

I think if all tracks were dirt this year they would have looked pretty much the same, though I guess Sweetnorthernsaint looked OK. Boy did he fall off.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

yes


The NUMBER ONE DOOFUS horse of all time.

This guy would find trouble in a match race with a late scratch -- his specialty was hitting the gate coming out; had that one down real well.

[philcski]

Phil's weekend figures [winner's pace in brackets] (Beyer equivalent in parentheses):
Westchester - Divine Park [103] 124.75 (114)
Kentucky Derby - Big Brown [100] 120.1 (106)
CD Handicap - Elite Squadron [113] 116.7 (101)
Allowance - Biker Boy [99] 114.3 (97)
Nassau - Zaftig [106] 113.2 (94)
Humana Distaff - Intangaroo [101] 113.1 (94)
Kentucky Oaks - Proud Spell [100] 113 (94)
Louisville - Ginger Punch [91] 112.1 (93)
La Troinenne - Game Face [97] 112 (93)
Alysheba - Giant Gizmo [106] 111 (91)
Kentucky BC - Run Away and Hide [101] 103 (78)

Note that I think the numbers on the three races in the rain (Louisville, Alysheba, and Oaks) came up way too light, despite splitting them out. Think they should be probably 5 lengths faster, although the pace in the Louisville was very slow which affected the final time.