Re: asshandicapper (606 Views)
Posted by:
NoCarolinaTony (IP Logged)
Date: March 15, 2006 11:25AM
SoCal,
One thing is for sure, No One has demonstrated that Underprepping can with the Big Dance yet. GoDolphin has tried, Frankel Has tried, Coolmoore/Obrien has tried, and Zito tried it last year with Bellamy Road to some extent. Im sure the Board members can cite a few more experiments. What seems to work recently is Horses Like Funny Cide,Affleet Alex/Giacomo,Smarty Jones all were well conditioned and race ready.
I'm sure someday a super horse or a total race collapse will allow one of the underprepped horse to win the Derby, but so far history tells us conditioned (and sound) runners are whats needed.
NC Tony