1/30 (GP): Forward Gal; Hutcheson (Gr. II's)

[cakes44]

Originally Posted by swedejxn

7. Z Day... A.D. didn't bring this one without a purpose...

Normally I would take something like that into account, but not when Zayat is the owner. He sends horses everywhere with no purpose other than name recognition all the time.

[Linny]

There was a timne when 7f was the standard distance to start a potential classic colt. Haskin wrote about it last week. Many of the greats started at 7f in races like the Hutcheson, the Bay Shore and San Vicente.
Trainers liked the idea of a hard sharpening race to start a young horse on a tough road. Of course that was when 4 or more races before the Derby were standard and racing every 2 weeks was the norm.

[freddymo]

If Break Water Edison wins Ocean Parkway will be the rage Saturday after the Sabbath..

[Left Bank]

The Candy man............

[Mike]

Very enjoyable race to watch if you were a fan of the Captain's

[justindew]

Anyone besides me think that whole race was uninspiring? Slow early. Slow late. (unless GP has been producing slow times all day).

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by justindew

Anyone besides me think that whole race was uninspiring? Slow early. Slow late. (unless GP has been producing slow times all day).

He was a half second faster than Frolic's Dream two races earlier....for whatever that's worth.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by justindew

Anyone besides me think that whole race was uninspiring? Slow early. Slow late. (unless GP has been producing slow times all day).

So rather than take the two seconds it takes to go check the day's results to see how the track has played, you instead declare that the race was slow (1:23.69) and uninspiring. Awesome.

Frolic's Dream ran 1:24.15 for the same distance, and decent N1X fillies (80-85 Beyers) ran 1:39.76 for a mile earlier. Cheap claimers ran 1:36.43 for 7 1/2 furlongs and 1:43.20 for a mile.

I'd say that's a slow track and Capt. Candyman Can and Hello Broadway both ran big.

[Mike]

I thought Capt. Candyman Can did well in this race to show the maturity to back out of a 3 way duel, rate, and then come widest of all around the two frontrunners

I have no idea when it comes to distance pedigrees, how does the Captain look as far as a mile and a quarter is concerned?

[justindew]

Originally Posted by Mike

I thought Capt. Candyman Can did well in this race to show the maturity to back out of a 3 way duel, rate, and then come widest of all around the two frontrunners

I have no idea when it comes to distance pedigrees, how does the Captain look as far as a mile and a quarter is concerned?

Yeah, no doubt he looked solid. But I can't see that fig coming back too high.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Mike

I have no idea when it comes to distance pedigrees, how does the Captain look as far as a mile and a quarter is concerned?

I'm no expert, but I would say he has something of a miler's pedigree overall.

[Left Bank]

The Candy man can!!!