Re: Wicked Strong (816 Views)
Posted by:
jimbo66 (IP Logged)
Date: April 26, 2014 08:38PM
Alright Pizza.
I won't worry about less hostile words and I read your incorrect post right the first time (and again just now).
Hard Spun hardly got easy leads in all the Triple Crown races. It was the fastest or 2nd fastest Preakness pace of all time. perhaps you don't understand what "easy lead" or "soft pace" is.
of the problems that Wicked Strong might have, his looks and his breeding aren't two of them. He looks fine and is well bred to get the distance.
Whether he is a grinder or a horse with acceleration that can make a strong move on the turn is one problem.
The other is how to read the series of races he has run since last November.
Glass half full - he hated Gulfstream and caught a race or two there were dynamics and bias held him back.
Glass half empty - He is an Aqueduct "horse for the course". And Gulfstream wasn't the problem.
Not sure that 2nd choice is being well compensated enough to take the "half full" view, at least for me.