Re: UP TO THE MARK (285 Views)
Posted by:
ajkreider (IP Logged)
Date: November 28, 2023 07:21PM
It's their horse obviously, but this irks be a bit.
They pretty much lucked into this one. Despite the decades of experience around horse flesh, 10 months ago they were completely lost with him. "Hey, let's try him on grass!"
Horse had no business winning the 2nd AOC race at GP - everyone in the crowd was like, "Wait, what was that". Then his connections thought, "Why not try a G1 at a mile against the defending BC champ", to whom he finished a fast closing neck behind. Four G1s later(3-1-0), they have the cinch older turf horse and the one that probably should be HOY. Would he be competitive against Equinox at 10F? I'd sure love to see that race.
I'm reticent to say about anyone's horse, that they owe it to the fans to race, but when you find a diamond just laying on the ground, seeing him put away with less than a year on a surface that's he still figuring out - well, that stings.