tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post115212593812450087..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Pletcher Strikes Out After 4-BaggerAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1152217680149666232006-07-06T16:28:00.000-04:002006-07-06T16:28:00.000-04:00...thanks for the link, Nick...there are a couple ......thanks for the link, Nick...there are a couple of replay machines out here in Vegas though, so it's not really a problem for me...i do intend to watch Out of Gwedda, and particularly Soaring By who ran on the same card...no doubt we'll learn more about those two @ Saratoga...<BR/><BR/>...ps...i'd love to see EZ Warrior ship out there and tackle the Hopeful (as did Came Home a few years ago), if for no other reason than to se how he'd handle a non-California track...being trained by Baffert though, i don't see it happening...we'll see...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1152195054542572512006-07-06T10:10:00.000-04:002006-07-06T10:10:00.000-04:00If Keyed Entry didnt bleed or suffer some type of ...If Keyed Entry didnt bleed or suffer some type of injury in this last race, he's protecting himself. He's bred to be a miler, sprinter....I think they hurt this horse in the routes. By that I mean, when horses go longer than they are physically are bred to go, it hurts them. Lungs, muscles, everything hurts...after a couple three times of going out and experiencing this, they protect themselves and stop to a walk. They get tired of it. This one may be spoiled now. Sprints or not, he may never give a good account of himself again. There's no doubt in my mind either that the owners more than Pletcher wanted this horse on the Derby trail...from the time he won at GS in that 71/2 F Hutcheson he should have been a miler. 107 and change for 6F in that race....talent wasted and now maybe ruined altogether. NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1152194639478300312006-07-06T10:03:00.000-04:002006-07-06T10:03:00.000-04:00Walter, if you want to see the replay of Out of Gw...Walter, if you want to see the replay of Out of Gwedda's last race, here's the link for Belmont replays. http://www.racereplays.com/nyra/index.cfm?start=gen_nyra<BR/><BR/>3rd Race on the 4th of July.<BR/>There's a sign in requirement, logon id and password you have to set up. From the angle of the camera on the gate, its difficult to see just how bad the stumble was ... NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1152158851995704362006-07-06T00:07:00.000-04:002006-07-06T00:07:00.000-04:00I have to say that his effort in the Gotham is sti...I have to say that his effort in the Gotham is still intriguing to me, the way he seemed to rate. So I guess I can't blame Pletcher for giving it one more try (though I certainly didn't like him), but I hope he gets the message now.Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1152137900602606182006-07-05T18:18:00.000-04:002006-07-05T18:18:00.000-04:00...i don't think the Dwyer was a particularly bad ......i don't think the Dwyer was a particularly bad spot for Keyed Entry...it was one-turn race, and Keyed Entry did post a decent effort in the 1 1/16 Gotham earlier this year...i certainly think he had a much better chance in the Dwyer than he would've in the Woddy Stephens (vs. Too Much Bling and Songster), the race from which he was entered and scratched...i do think it's odd that he ran Keyed Entry in the Derby over Sunriver, who would've stood a much better chance, but i think that's more the owners' call than it is Pletcher's...can't really fault him for that...i do think it's safe to assume we'll be seeing him in sprints from here on out, but as i mentioned before the Woody Stephens, i think his speed has been dulled by all the route tries...might take him a while to get it back, if he ever does...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1152126963072111562006-07-05T15:16:00.000-04:002006-07-05T15:16:00.000-04:00Pletcher's entire handling of Keyed Entry has been...Pletcher's entire handling of Keyed Entry has been odd. Despite the obvious evidence that the horse had no desire whatsoever to run 1 1/4, he ran him in the Derby, even though it meant keeping out Sunriver. Then, still given the fact that the horse has never indicated he wants 9 furlongs, he scratched out of more logical spots (Woody Stephens & Jersey Shore) to run in the Dwyer, where again, it wasn't surprising that he finished last. It's a rare case of mismanagement by Pletcher, and somewhat surprising given that he's not exactly lacking in 3yos that can route.El Angelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145024095815950963noreply@blogger.com