Re: derby (532 Views)
Posted by:
fkach (IP Logged)
Date: April 20, 2007 08:33AM
"What we don't know is how he (Curlin) will respond to tougher internal fractions, classier horses, and the extra 1/4."
I agree.
I tend to toss these lightly raced promising horses that haven't beaten anybody when they show up in the Derby. I think racing in a very tough and deep 20 horse field with a large noisy crowd exposes a lot of seasoning issues.
All that said, this does not look to be an especially tough group even though they are fairly consistent and there are a lot of horses with similar ability. If a horse like Curlin is ever going to get the job done, this might be the year.
I wouldn't take a short price, but I'm not anxious to bet against him either.