Re: Drug-busting (460 Views)
Posted by:
twoshoes (IP Logged)
Date: February 26, 2005 11:00AM
Kev,
From memory Spoken Fur's line looked something like this. A move forward in her last start for prior connections to a 5 or so from a previous top of 7 or 8. Frankel gave her five or six weeks and she exploded to around a 1 and change and stayed right around that level (1-2.)I don't recall what her Alabama number was offhand but I believe it brought her back to around a 5. I'm sure somebody can check on this but that was what I remember. Point being, this is not an isolated incident. His private purchases tend to move forward dramatically off a freshening and then in typical Frankel fashion don't bounce. I'm not accusing him of cheating but I am saying I can understand the suspicion that it's not all due to quality horseflesh. Maybe he has a training program that these horses respond to - like Dutrow.
Mark