tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post2820697872602939601..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Street Sense Workout Makes More SenseAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-53648308721290141112007-05-02T07:26:00.000-04:002007-05-02T07:26:00.000-04:00It's a mile and a quarter race out of a chute peop...It's a mile and a quarter race out of a chute people, psot position really isn't that important.<BR/><BR/>If you like a horse and are dissuaded by his PP, I think you're nuts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-90202694568570196442007-05-01T13:46:00.000-04:002007-05-01T13:46:00.000-04:00I agree with Robin, if Curlin has a good post posi...I agree with Robin, if Curlin has a good post position, he could very well pull off a win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-31398342112669332982007-05-01T13:26:00.000-04:002007-05-01T13:26:00.000-04:00That said, I still like DOMINICAN.That said, I still like DOMINICAN.Harlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515575955224982258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-63590421655709490092007-05-01T13:25:00.000-04:002007-05-01T13:25:00.000-04:00Doesn't Larry Jones have something like a 70% ITM ...Doesn't Larry Jones have something like a 70% ITM percentage when it comes to stakes races (I thought I read something like that somewhere). Just because he has never had a Derby horse doesn't mean he can't get them ready. He knows how to place his horses and won't run them in big races if he doesn't think he can win (i.e. the Blue Grass). I wouldn't toss HARD SPUN because of an "inexperienced" trainer. Larry Jones is a horseman in every sense of the word.Harlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515575955224982258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-9182244913345836812007-05-01T13:11:00.000-04:002007-05-01T13:11:00.000-04:00>>It seems people don't like Hard Spun when he tra...>>It seems people don't like Hard Spun when he trains too slowly, and they don't like it when he trains too quickly. Seems to me that his path to this big race is SO unorthodox, that maybe we just don't understand the horse and the trainer and the regimen.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Robin, <BR/><BR/>Could be. Or maybe Larry Jones is showing his inexperience in preparing for a race of this magnitude? I must admit I'm confused about this. I like the horse a lot, but personally, I prefer orthodox to unorthodox when it comes to the Derby. And I think his slow/fast workouts are obscuring the fact that he's going in with six weeks off. I may prefer him for the Preakness?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-89962255669007609792007-05-01T13:00:00.000-04:002007-05-01T13:00:00.000-04:00Remember that SS worked similarly "as a closer" be...Remember that SS worked similarly "as a closer" before the Bluegrass, and in that race, he did have enough time to close on the competition, but he did not. <BR/><BR/>Hard Spun routinely trains with Larry Jones, who weighs 180. It seems people don't like Hard Spun when he trains too slowly, and they don't like it when he trains too quickly. Seems to me that his path to this big race is SO unorthodox, that maybe we just don't understand the horse and the trainer and the regimen. <BR/><BR/>We are comparing horses across years, tracks, conditions, trainers, and it is probably pretty counterproductive. Personally, I have not been influenced one bit by watching the workouts because I see that it is way too easy to critique a horse on whom I will have no money. <BR/><BR/>I stick (subject to Post position draw) with HS and Curlin, and maintain that the biggest surprise performance will... could... might... come from Liquidity. Wow, maybe I don't really believe that after all. However, any performance at all from Liquidity will be a surprise since he seems like a universal writeoff at this point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-25188231562825253432007-05-01T12:51:00.000-04:002007-05-01T12:51:00.000-04:00Cobalt blue is out- Tueflesberg is in. byanoseCobalt blue is out- Tueflesberg is in. byanoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com