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Originally Posted by taxicab
Stellar Wind: Rollo will appreciate this......I don't know how Sadler doesn't run her in the Zenyatta,she's scary sharp right now.......why sit her in the barn ?
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It will be interesting to see how many horses in the BC this year will be coming off 7-8 week layoffs. There are already several on board (Collected, Arrogate, Stellar Wind, Forever Unbridled, Practical Joke, maybe Drefong). Not a good omen for the future, but if any of these happen to win it will only perpetuate the trend.
Nevertheless, I think I discussed with Freddy Mo and some others last year that it seems like some Curlin offspring (at least the fillies) tend to be "runty"--Stellar Wind being one--so perhaps they simply can't handle a lot of successive races (at least at the top level). Stellar Wind's record bears this out and it was the main knock against her in last year's BC Distaff when she was coming off less than 4 weeks rest. Many people hang their hat on her poor break from the gate as the cause of her modest performance, but who really knows?
Paradise Woods and Oscar Performance look like run-offs. They ought to beware if Looch Stables is planning on entering 2 or 3 in whatever their respective upcoming starts are. Hopefully both learn to settle a bit for the long term.