Re: derby (587 Views)
Posted by:
Ill-bred (IP Logged)
Date: April 20, 2007 12:03PM
miff Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> ILL,
>
> Is your knock on Hard Spun because he skipped an
> intended prep or otherwise? HS and CQ are the
> only two that I think skipped a prep race they
> originally intended to go in.
>
>
> Mike
I will use CQ underneath only. His deep closer running style will require many things to go right for him. I'm not sold on the pedigree for 10 furlongs (his dam was a one-turn horse), and the 8-week layoff is less than ideal, even for a trainer who does great work off the bench. I think he's one of 6 or 7 who could win, but there are enough questions for me to downgrade him to underneath only.
Hard Spun, I believe will be best on turf or polytrack, and he is stepping up in class here and facing faster. I love Danzig, but I have to make this one beat me if the public bets him. A neat horse though...