TGJB Wrote:
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> David-- my responsibilities and authority vary
> from client to client and trainer to trainer with
> a particular client, from total control with Graph
> to less so in other cases. This particular ride is
> a sore point with me, since I did send an e-mail
> with suggested instructions, and they were not the
> ones given to the jockey ("drop in behind the
> speed and save ground" became "sit third", with no
> mention of saving ground). On paper, those two
> things could have worked out to be the same
> thing-- but in fact the jock rode to instructions.
> Just not mine.
>
> Oh well, it was just a million dollar race.
> Matches up well with the trip SF got in the same
> race next year.

That has to be very frustrating having a horse sitting on this A Cycle while poor communication and poor jockey decisions deprive the animal of the elite black type and the larger slices of the mega purse. (Actually, its time for the big race purses to become more lucrative.) Super Frolic is not going to dominate his competition, but he should have notched a 10 pole Grade I or at least been right there. My personal belief is that he lost the B.C. Classic on the break. Others may disagree with that, but they are not going to influence me. I've known the truth about many things before some realized it.

As far as the Pacific Classic being weak sure don't know where that comes from. Not really worried about how washy Good Reward looked, thats part of the routine. Trade Jockeys with Good Reward and Frolic makes that one very, very interesting.

That winner is a good horse. He could be compromised by more early speed, but which is the last horse to win the Santa Anita Handicap the Hollywood Gold Cup and the Pacific Classic?

Weak field indeed.

By the way TGJB, congrats on that Del Mar contest. Now the pressure is really on. Not in Vegas...Here! You have to prove it every day now.

lol

P.S. Frolics jockey......Berjarano, The kid, whats his name.....Afleet Alex's jockey, or back to Espy. These other guys are killing you.









Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/23/2006 08:31PM by Chuckles_the_Clown2.