Re: Beholder (504 Views)
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P-Dub (IP Logged)
Date: September 30, 2015 05:26PM
jbelfior Wrote:
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> Many things to consider. Track profile is one of
> them---not sure how Keenland will play out at a 1
> 1/4.
>
> While Keen Ice is certainly a rapidly improving 3
> yo with the thoro figures to be a top BC Classic
> contender,it's unlikely that he would have made an
> impact at Santa Anita last year or the year before
> that or at GP the year before that.
>
> Point is that I would prefer a Keen Ice at a venue
> like Saratoga or Churchill as opposed to SA or GP
> or perhaps even a Keenland.
>
>
> Good Luck,
> Joe B.
The Santa Anita strip last year did not have that big of a speed bias. Sometimes, the best horse is the one that races near the front.
BC Saturday last year:
R4: Winner wired, place/show came from 5/7 at the 1/2 call.
R6: ITM horses 4/5/8 at the 1/2 call
R8: Texas Red and Carpe Diem came from far back to hit the ex
R10: Winner stalked and won, 2/3 horses came from 3-4 lengths off
R12: Classic ITM came from the front horses. You can make the case that those horses figured to hit the board too.
The year before, that was a speed bias. I thought last year the track was fair enough.
P-Dub
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