Re: TAPIT (583 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: April 12, 2004 09:15PM
Someone said it here and I forget who, but they said: "pedigree just isn't as important anymore with the nutrition, training and "enhancment" advances." I think thats very true. Pedigree is still a factor but its relative.
Smarty's first number was a 5. Whoa! Then he fired off the easiest kind of Zed. Whatdidyasay? Then another Zed his first 3 year old race. Then he got his rest and his return was you guessed it another Zed. Holycowoli! Then a three point move or so forward to a -3.3 I'm guessing the Ark was a negative, not a 3.3 but a negative nevertheless. I don't see anything about that pattern that shows it took Smarty apart. He's always been fast he's improved every step of the way, with the possible exception of the last, a race over a "muddy" surface from a far outside post. He's improved a total of 8-9 points, winning five races in "stakes" company.
I think that improvement is reasonable and the scary thing is he may even have faster in him...lol
Let's see if he comes unglued and doesn't make the race.
Obviously, if you like Smarty, you have to like Borrego and he rates a significant challenger with me. But you have to remember Smarty has been spotting these horses weight. His next race is the first one in a while where he goes in on equal footing. But then, I think RTF has a shot too.
lol
CtC