Re: american pharoah...CD arrival picture (553 Views)
Posted by:
covelj70 (IP Logged)
Date: April 17, 2015 12:33PM
BTW,
FWIW, I am 100% in agreement with what MJ said on this topic. I had the same exact exchange with a friend of mine this week who said he didn't like how AP looked in the pic getting off the van
he definitely looks light, especially in his hind but that's exactly how he looked coming out of the Rebel.
If he regains the weight over the next two weeks like he did in the two weeks coming out of the Rebel, there is no problem, if he doesn't put the weight back on this time, it's telling.
it's also pretty likely that Baffert intentionally keeps him a little lighter than his typical horse (which generally look like Greek Gods) in order to try and prevent the injury that kept him out of the Breeders Cup from reoccurring. That's very common for horses who have had a significant injury to be kept lighter than normal.
on this topic, does anyone have Bodemeister's PPs leading up to the Derby. I can't remember if Baffert breezed him once or twice between the Ark Derby and the Ky Derby.
I know Baffert usually likes to breeze them 2x over CD because he feels like the track takes some time to get comfortable with but with only 3 weeks between races, I think it's tough.
Also interesting that he's sending Dortmund and One Lucky Dane out on April 26th so they will only have 1 breeze over CD track.
He may be changing his tactics because he hasn't won this thing in a while and he lost with last heavy favorite (Bode).
I can only imagine the hysteria on this board if Pletcher ever lost with the favorite in the Derby....ok sorry, couldn't resist that one, I will stop that now!