Re: More on Smarty (633 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: May 16, 2004 01:20AM
Lucy,
Go head and pull my leg. :)
Its o.k. though, I've been riding Smarty every race this year.
He could bounce next. Thats always a possibility. But He's not a one dimensional horse like War Emblem and he's not facing others in the crop that he's only marginally better than a.k.a. Funny Cide. Though, i have a theory about the bounce in these races that tends to hold up for me.
I've liked this horse a long time and the only thing that kept me from going future book on him was a very expensive lesson a few years ago. But I've been getting well on him at 10-1 and 20-1 bites. However, I've not forgotten having stated earlier that this was the most difficult Triple Crown year Ive ever handicapped...lol
Easy Goer was my favorite horse...but I gotta tell you I'm getting awful fond of Smarty.
He's caught two tracks that were not going to allow records and I'd be foolish to project any horse breaking Big Red's Belmont record. But this horse will set a track record down the road if he can stay fit. It he were my horse, I'd try and win the Belmont with him and retire him. He's just too valuable. If he can knock down a track record before he goes to stud. His initial book is gonna be massive.