Re: Wicked Strong (1078 Views)
Posted by:
covelj70 (IP Logged)
Date: April 26, 2014 12:05PM
All,
Thanks for all of the nice comments
lousiville, I really appreciate those kind words. Means alot.
Shannahan, SW and TR just galloped yesterday. They will breeze this weekend. SW had his big breeze last weekend in preparation for the Ft. Marcy. He should run very well. He's doing great. This is the race we were pointing for all winter and John Terranova has done an awesome job having him primed for this.
richie, thanks for being you!
Aj, I don't really believe in bounces and when a horse looks and acts and breezes like WS did yesterday (best part of breeze was last 3/8ths), I really don't worry about some made up bounce theories. He may not win for a bunch of reasons but its not going to be because of a bounce. Look at the Oaks probable TGs if you bought then and look at Room Service. She's not running in Oaks but look at her figs before she got to run 1 1/8 in the GP stake and then what she ran in that race. Huge jump up. She supposed to bounce in the Ashland based on that big jump, right? Nope, instead she moved forward big time again in the Ashland. I knew we were in trouble with Testa Rossi in the paddock of the Ashland because Room Service looked absolutely incredible. You can typically tell from a physical inspection if a horse is going backwards. Room Service looked the exact opposite in the Ashland and Wicked Strong looked that way yesterday.
No one impressed too much at CD this am. Tomorrow another big round of works down there.
Good luck