Chris,

I also think CA is a live horse. I used him in the Holy Bull with High Fly and got split out by that horror trip for High Fly. I thought he ran well that day. Unfortunately, he's been out for over 2 months. I think he probably missed a lot more than a few days like Bandini. I'd have a really tough time backing a horse off more than a two month layoff coming into a tough Grade 1 race unless it laid over the field or the price was really big. Using him for second seems reasonable though.

By the way, I agree on Consolidator. That was a freaky sort of wet-fast track. It certainly didn't hurt to be on the pace that day.

That is getting to the crux of the race.

Consolidator is no iron clad lock to run back to his last race.

Sun King is no iron clad lock to run back to his prior race considering how slow his last was.

High Limit has almost unlimited potential, but he yet to run a fast race at a route of ground where he wasn't loose/walking on the lead against "second" or "no string" horses (not to mention other things that may have been working in his favor). That won't happen this time.

If there was another really good horse I would be happy to go "fishing" at a big price and allow someone with potential to prove themselves against me.



Post Edited (04-12-05 18:08)