Re: Reasons to like Bob and John (529 Views)
Posted by:
jimbo66 (IP Logged)
Date: May 01, 2006 01:46PM
Those "come home" times in the SA Derby are way over-rated IMO Tony. Brother Derek set soft fractions, so of course they came home fast. The pace in the Wood was very quick, by any standard and of course they came home slower.
Silver Charm came home very slowly in his SA Derby after pressing some Lukas filly on the lead through hot fractions. All the "experts" said his slow come home time was cause for concern in getting the 1 1/4.
Bob and John will get the distance, as will a few others.
"getting the distance" is now an over-rated part of the Derby winning profile anyway. Sounds like heresy, but look at the sires of recent winners:
Holy Bull
Our Emblem
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Holy Bull did win at a distance of ground, but he was certainly more "brilliant speed", than stamina/endurance.
