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Old 03-30-2011, 10:38 AM
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The gripe is clearly with the wording "complete wild card". The horse is hardly that. Santiva has enough of a relevant race record to go on if he were to make the Kentucky Derby field.
I don't necessarily disagree, and this horse doesn't strike me as a likely Derby contender. And you are right that calling him a "complete" wild card was probably a bit of an overstatement by my client.
But I still think the point about a horse who appears as if he might possibly be an improving 3yo on dirt making his last derby prep over synthetic being something of an unknown quantity if he runs in the Derby is a reasonable enough point.
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Old 03-30-2011, 11:36 AM
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I don't necessarily disagree, and this horse doesn't strike me as a likely Derby contender. And you are right that calling him a "complete" wild card was probably a bit of an overstatement by my client.
But I still think the point about a horse who appears as if he might possibly be an improving 3yo on dirt making his last derby prep over synthetic being something of an unknown quantity if he runs in the Derby is a reasonable enough point.
"Might" be improving? As was pointed out (by the same poster who seems to be completely perplexed by the horse's form), the horse went from a 78 Beyer in his final 2yo start to a 91 in his 3yo debut.

I suppose an open length victory, in a major prep race, on a natural dirt surface, with a triple digit Beyer will ram the point home; but what would that do to the horse's price on Derby Day?
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Old 04-02-2011, 04:52 PM
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Jaycito staying home for Santa Anita Derby..
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SANTA ANITA DERBY -- Probables

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Old 04-02-2011, 04:53 PM
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Jaycito staying home for Santa Anita Derby..
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...source=twitter
Interesting!

Hmmmmm

An update, Son of Posse is going into the Wood to screw that race up, per the Parx FB page and the owners FB page. Dude has lost his mind
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