miff Wrote:
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> Chuck,
>
> The race being the only two turn race is a
> comparison problem. On the whole day the pace was
> very fast and subsequent races were just slightly
> slower(raw time) than expected, but at one turn.
>
> I have seen three fig making sources making the
> Wood slow. Maybe the very fast pace caused the
> pedestrian last 3/8ths leading to the slow final
> raw time(wind, rain, et al).May be a tough race to
> figure for JB,but no one but you have called it
> "fast"
>
> I promise to ask Pletcher to enter KE for you in
> the derby.

Pletcher will do the right thing:

"Meanwhile, Pletcher said that KEYED ENTRY (Honour and Glory), who finished third in Saturday's Wood Memorial (G1) at Aqueduct, would arrive at Churchill Downs on April 17 -- although the colt's status for the Derby is unclear at this point.

"At the end of the day, I don't think he ran that bad a race," Pletcher said. "Maybe with some adjustments -- slowing him down a little bit, a different surface -- who knows? I think he at least ran well enough, and has run well enough every start in his life, that we should at least be here to see how he trains over the racetrack and see how he's doing, and not make a decision, prematurely, one way or another until after we Kentucky medicate him."":

http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/editorial/full_edition.cgi#

The Wood was a very good race. Jazil didn't suddenly become a 1:52 horse with a clean trip after running a 1.49 and change. Same of Bob & John. Theres liable to be some value in these horses being repeatedly underestimated.








Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/10/2006 06:18PM by Chuckles_the_Clown2.