Re: Taken Back & Derby Time (355 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: April 19, 2005 05:26PM
> Chuckles_the_Clown2 wrote:
>
> > Greater Good may not want big ground, but his Ark was not his
> > race. He came unglued in the infield, washed out, rushed
> > up...went wide...it was a horror trip.
hossgnat wrote:
> All true, and it looked like McKee used him right out of the
> gate to try to get position going into the first turn, failing
> miserably to do so.
>
> I may be delusional due to my future wagers on GG, but I think
> he's much better than what he showed in the Ark Derby, although
> he wouldn't have gotten to AA that day.
>
> Should he run for the roses, and it looks like he will, a
> definite longshot to be sure. But if half the field is on the
> pace and the pace collapses, who knows.
>
I'm not so sure McKee sent him. McKee is a decent Jock and he had to figure taking him in to save ground was the key to that hole. I think GG sent himself. That he was unnerved by the Crowd and saddling outside. I thought he'd move forward to about a 1 or 2 and we'd get a chance to evaluate his distance potential. All that went up in nerves. Now if you got him in the Derby, you have to hope he keeps his head and moves forward large. Still he closed slightly, was only beaten four lengths for second and never gave up on that horror trip and washout. This trainer brings horses from off pace like this, but you're sitting on a horse with a chance in my estimation. Mostly it depends on his head I think.