tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post352761599604663128..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Split Variants, Derby OutlooksAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-48208053575970609052009-03-19T16:04:00.000-04:002009-03-19T16:04:00.000-04:00Frisian Fire has good tactical speed, but it will ...Frisian Fire has good tactical speed, but it will be interesting to see if he can settle in the Derby, especially if the pace is hot. He was rank early in the Risen Star. Last race was a perfect setup, but two starts ago he pushed a hot pace and faded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-78604196144044718932009-03-17T22:29:00.000-04:002009-03-17T22:29:00.000-04:00The broken rule of allowing fillies to run in the ...The broken rule of allowing fillies to run in the Derby because of their graded earnings needs to be corrected. Their graded earnings are earned in restricted races and should not count as Derby qualifiers. If an owner wants to enter a filly in the Derby then go and get the graded earnings against the boys the way Winning Colors and Genuine Risk did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-48658754644245906032009-03-17T20:28:00.000-04:002009-03-17T20:28:00.000-04:00The horses in the San Felipe were all slow. Top t...The horses in the San Felipe were all slow. Top to bottom going in; and, top to bottom coming out. Not a Derby horse in the bunch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-22975009037013291532009-03-17T09:23:00.000-04:002009-03-17T09:23:00.000-04:00Rachel Alexandra is thankfully not owned by IEAH o...Rachel Alexandra is thankfully not owned by IEAH or trained by Dutrow. On those points alone she is better than Stardom Bound.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-23453264126919314372009-03-16T16:07:00.000-04:002009-03-16T16:07:00.000-04:00Glimmer - Thanks for the update. That's all fine ...Glimmer - Thanks for the update. That's all fine and dandy with me, but, addressing the trainer here, don't tell the Form "We'll have to think about it," and then say it's all media hype!!!<BR/><BR/>Agree that RA could knock the stuffing out of SB if SB doesn't get some PH (pace help); but I'm not ready to accept that RA is better than SB, NFW!! ;)Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-44869437950933473532009-03-16T15:59:00.000-04:002009-03-16T15:59:00.000-04:00Rachel Alexandra is not taking on the boys in her ...Rachel Alexandra is not taking on the boys in her next start or even at Churchill. Period.<BR/><BR/>Her owners - who named her after their granddaughter - are steadfastly clear in saying "no" to the Derby. They are happy to go to the Oaks and see no point in her coping with 19 colts/geldings.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/editorial/news/article.cgi?id=14345" REL="nofollow">Brisnet Mar 16</A><BR/><BR/>quote: "That (speculation) makes good talk," trainer Hal Wiggins said Sunday morning, "but it's pretty much all media hype. The Kentucky Oaks has been our goal from the beginning. It would be an honor to win a Kentucky Oaks and (Rachel Alexandra's) owners have been leaning that way all along. It's the height of a career for a three-year-old filly, and these owners are pretty sensible guys.<BR/><BR/>End of story. She'll knock the stuffing out of any other filly, including SB, and her connections will rightfully be pleased as punch doing so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-20940158458029697062009-03-16T15:37:00.000-04:002009-03-16T15:37:00.000-04:00Thanks for the link. I think we'll see two fillie...Thanks for the link. I think we'll see two fillies try the colts next out. I would only be afraid of Friesan Fire right now. All the others look beatable and have been beaten.Patrick J Pattenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365169347148710377noreply@blogger.com