Re: Cigar Mile (437 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: November 29, 2004 01:18PM
Handicappers have to admit that the 2001 crop has not faired well against olders. However, you also have to keep in mind how much of the 2001 Crop is left. Smarty and Lion Heart never got to face them. TCE and Birdstone went bad in their first tries against them. I'm really not sure what Rock Hard Ten and Eddington are doing right now. Purge is one of the better ones left and the NYRA mile was his first crack at olders, but Purge has always been an inconsistent horse. Sometimes he runs big sometimes he doesn't. He was certainly better than his Arkansas Derby effort and he was better than he showed Saturday. Which is not to say he's going to beat Pico Central, but if he stays sound I have a sneaky suspicion he'll beat the 1-2 finishers in the NYRA mile. Will that validate the crop? Also keep in mind his T-Fig pattern. He ran a nice top in the Jim Dandy and then ran two points off it and was given three months of rest at a critical money making time of year for a three year old.
I still think theres others that will emerge as four year olds, but if they don't I can't dismiss the crop because the heavy hitters were injured.
CtC
Post Edited (11-29-04 13:23)
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