Re: Going Wild with a Derby Rabbit? (512 Views)
Posted by:
derby1592 (IP Logged)
Date: April 11, 2005 09:05PM
Jimbo,
In response to your first point: Going Wild will have no trouble going 45 and change and 1:09 and change in the Derby if that is what the connections want to do (and as Silver Charm also mentioned, Wayne has used this tactic several times before in the Derby).
In response to your question: I am sure that I am not the only one on this board that thinks High Limit is likely to improve in the Blue Grass. The question is by how much?
Is he an early developer that is not likely to develop much at 3? If so, he may only improve a point or so (or maybe none at all).
Or is he another freak similar to Smarty Jones who is fast at 2 but still capable of the additional development you normally see in healthy, high-class colts from late summer in their 2yo year to the spring of their 3yo year. If so, given the trainer, he could jump 3-5 pts in the Blue Grass which would put him in the pre-derby freaky fast category along with Smarty Jones and the new star on the block - Bellamy Road.
To have 2 such horses in the same Derby both of which seem to prefer making their own pace (with other quality speed including a possible rabbit thrown into the mix to make it a bit more interesting) along with a quality group of second tier horses (from a figure standpoint) such as High Fly, Sun King, Blues & Royals, Bandini, Noble Causeway, Consolidator and Greely's Galaxy (many of which would be first tier in a typical year) could make for a great Derby and TC this year from both a betting and racing fan standpoint.
Chris
P.S. If High Limit does run a big race in the Blue Grass, keep this in mind on Derby day – a horse owner and friend of mine once had Frankel autograph a TG sheet of one of his horses and this is what he wrote next to his name, "My horses don't bounce."