tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post1024128726765110647..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Travers DayAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-62781341621599580352010-08-28T11:47:35.078-04:002010-08-28T11:47:35.078-04:00This field is sad enough that I can go with Ice Bo...This field is sad enough that I can go with Ice Box. For old times sake.<br />RGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-66203075861145775362010-08-28T11:14:47.335-04:002010-08-28T11:14:47.335-04:00Hey, Alan, First Dude checking in: "I can see...Hey, Alan, First Dude checking in: "I can see the winner's circle from here." You must bet him now or be forever humbled and embarrassed. <br /><br />Your comments on the Travers field being "middling" undeerscores what you and many others have been saying: The Breeders Cup/Eclipse Award strategy no longer includes the Travers and other prestigious Grade I's.<br /><br />Your Travers analysis also got me to thinking: Aren't Derby winners way over-rated these days based on their performances post-Derby and at stud? When do horse people stop drinking the Derby Kool-Aid?<br />/S/greenmtnpunterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-6391431874199245952010-08-28T10:11:15.043-04:002010-08-28T10:11:15.043-04:00eaAfleet Express spit the bit in the Jim Dandy for...eaAfleet Express spit the bit in the Jim Dandy for most of the race, then closed remarkably and was the fastest thing moving at the end. Something happened to him earlier in the race, but Jerkens doesn't know what, to cause him to run like that. Horses that spit the bit like that almost never recover during a race to show anything. It was a very weird performance but, today you get a lot better than 2 - 1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com