Re: Hard Spun Works in a Blazing 57.60 (445 Views)
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flushedstraight (IP Logged)
Date: May 02, 2007 09:46AM
reboundman Wrote:
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> Smarty's last work was 58 - that was the fastest I
> could find over the last few years for 5f. Funny
> Cide's was 58.4, Proud Citizen's 58.4. None quite
> as fast as Hard Spun's, though, FWIW...
Nice work. Noted those 3 all rated kindly just off the pace in the derby and finished strong, and all came back to run the top figs of their respective Preakness fields.
I'm entertaining the possibility that Jones knows what he has and is just throwing everyone for a loop by saying stuff like 'we're definitely going to the Blue Grass" or "we're skipping the derby" which annoys media people like Beyer who claims;
"Hard Spun has the talent and should have been kept on a steady course to the Derby. But it's hard for me to like him with this management."
What exactly about his management is Beyer criticizing? The six week gap into the derby? The poly prep? The fast work?
Maybe Jones is making rookie mistakes, but maybe he's purposely trying to be unpredicatable during this whole pathetic media circus surrounding the 2 minutes in question, and he has a fresh fit horse for the TC. I'll keep my focus primarily on the figs & the odds.