Re: First Samurai and FOY (530 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: March 07, 2006 06:50AM
bobphilo Wrote:
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> I keep hearing comments about how the FOY exposed
> First Sam's distance limitations. One of the few
> patterns that I truly believe in that has been
> tested over time is the bounce off a hard race off
> a layoff. FS was fried by chasing one of the few
> horses faster than him (Keyed Entry) and set a
> life-time top off the lay-off in his last race. If
> that's not a set-up tp bounce, I don't know what
> is?
> The fact that FS was able to come on again while
> being fouled twice in the stretch indicates it
> wasn't a distance problem. Of course, he may not
> be a stayer after all, but the FOY was hardly the
> definitive test of that.
>
> Bob
No, the FOY was not definitive test. Just additional evidence. Maybe he'll win the Florida Derby.
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