Re: Blue Grass (619 Views)
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fkach (IP Logged)
Date: April 14, 2007 06:19PM
Michael, Congrats on your selction of Dominican.
If I prepped one of my horses in that race, I would be a bit upset right now. They walked for about 6F and then ran for about 3F. There wasn't much speed in the race, but a lot of that pace had to do with everyone choking back because of the tendency of Poly to be so rough on speed.
How anyone can think a race like that can be a good prep for the Derby is beyond me.
IMO, there isn't a single trainer from that race that has any idea where his horse really is right now as far as running 10F on dirt goes and how much he did or did not get out of that Poly boat race!
It's going to take some good horsemanship to figure out how to prepare a horse to deal with what will certainly be a tougher dirt pace in the Derby when you have no idea where he is coming out of what was essentially a 5F-6F gallop and 3F-4F hard work.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/14/2007 06:21PM by fkach.