Bonapaw (737 Views)
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Mall (IP Logged)
Date: January 12, 2003 03:32PM
He has certainly run well off similar layoffs, but if memory serves he was trained up to each of those races. In this case, Bonapaw did not train at all in Dec., and his only preparation consists of a series of 2 mile gallops, all of which took place in the last 2 weeks, with no timed works, not the usual way of getting a horse ready for a six furlong sprint, to put it mildly. The connections were also recently quoted as saying that Bonapaw is "usually really rank after a layoff" & that the Col Power is a prep for a "two-turn experiment Feb. 9 in the Grade 3 Whirlaway Handicap." Bonapaw may very well have enough natural speed & talent to overcome these handicaps & finish on the bd, but the key to betting this race, as I see, it is tabbing him to run 3rd at best, & hoping that he runs 4th or worse.
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