Interesting that Shaniko's number was a "move forward".

23.43, 47.29, 1:12.02, 1:38.04, 1:50.67

If thats the case either the day was split or Swing For The Fences ran a very strong one. If its the latter the Fountain of Youth was in an entirely different kind of ballpark.

23.97, 47.70, 1:11.21, 1:36.16, 1:42.71

Note both SFTF and Shaniko were reserved off the early fractions in their race.

Shaniko was making his second start for Pletcher and Pletcher didn't miss with much else on the card. It wasn't that Shaniko stopped running, it was that he stopped and SFTF ran like a good thing.

Now is the time to discuss breeding. Does Shaniko have superior breeding? When you try to decide if he does look closely at the direct tail female family of both horses. My guess is that Shaniko is gonna be hard pressed to beat SFTF at any distance. Time will tell. But it seems to me one is looking for significant moves forward for Shaniko at this point and most A.P.'s come along slowly. SFTF was one that I thought would give Second of June fits in the near future.

24.33, 48.84, 1:12.82, N/A, 1:42.40
23.62, 48.10, 1:12.94, 1:39.39, 1:52.66
21.45, 43.48, 1:09.17, 1:22.86
22.18, 44.61, 1:08.91, 1:21.42
21.93, 44.16, 1:09.14, 1:16.19
21.37, 44.00, 56.00, 1:08.85
23.43, 47.29, 1:12.02, 1:38.04, 1:50.67
21.68, 43.73, 1:08.96, 1:22.23
23.97, 47.70, 1:11.21, 1:36.16, 1:42.71
22.16, 45.14, 57.53, 1:10.09

I don't completely trust Gulfstream figures and I don't envy Jerry making them for this card.

CtC



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