Ouija Board and Wait A While

Saw Ouija Board this morning and wow. Nothing to say but wow. I was acutally in awe of her. Simply amazing.

Wait A While--I wonder if she will be scratched. Churchill is getting pounded with rain again today. The turf course is as soft as can be. It is also suppose to get really really cold here. Something like the low of 29 tonight. This does not bode well for WAW. We all know she likes a hard turf and she is not going to get it Saturday. I love this horse but I give her ZERO chance giving the current turf condition.

[1st_Saturday_in_May]

Appreciate the update Euro, but I'd love to see her run (to take $$$ from Ouija).

Thanks for all that you've contributed, esp. the last few days

~ dustin

[Revolution]

My friend said he thinks Wait A While is going to be scratched too and go out to race the boys and Showing Up in the Hollywood Derby. Oujia Board would crush her anyway.

Originally Posted by Revolution

My friend said he thinks Wait A While is going to be scratched too and go out to race the boys and Showing Up in the Hollywood Derby. Oujia Board would crush her anyway.

I respect the heck out of Pletcher and the one thing I respect the most is he always puts his horses in the best possible position to win. I cannot see her winning on Saturday due to the current Turf conditions. I would not be surprised if he did scratch her. But I want to see her run.

Originally Posted by 1st_Saturday_in_May

Appreciate the update Euro, but I'd love to see her run (to take $$$ from Ouija).

Thanks for all that you've contributed, esp. the last few days

~ dustin

You are welcome. I want WAW to run so bad and she prob will. But I just wish the turf course was at least firm so she has a fair chance. Right now the turf is THICK and slow and deep and soft. It is a mess. I think it totally favors the Euros.

Not much is going on now on the backside. Tons of light gallops and just walking the shed rows. Every horse looks supreme and everyone is pretty confident of their chances.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

Right now the turf is THICK and slow and deep and soft. It is a mess. I think it totally favors the Euros.

and Better Talk Now. That horse is far superior on any turf that is not firm. Look for a big effort from him.

[hockey2315]

From DRF.com clocker report:

Wait a While (five furlongs in 1:01.70 on the inner turf): Perhaps the best work of the morning on either surface. On a yielding turf course, Wait a While, after going a relatively modest 37.99 for her opening three furlongs, closed in a powerful 23.71 and was full of run down the lane under Eddie King.

"When you stack that up against some of the other times, she worked great," Pletcher said.

Originally Posted by hockey2315

From DRF.com clocker report:

Wait a While (five furlongs in 1:01.70 on the inner turf): Perhaps the best work of the morning on either surface. On a yielding turf course, Wait a While, after going a relatively modest 37.99 for her opening three furlongs, closed in a powerful 23.71 and was full of run down the lane under Eddie King.

"When you stack that up against some of the other times, she worked great," Pletcher said.

Good info. Thanks

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

From DRF.com clocker report:

Wait a While (five furlongs in 1:01.70 on the inner turf): Perhaps the best work of the morning on either surface. On a yielding turf course, Wait a While, after going a relatively modest 37.99 for her opening three furlongs, closed in a powerful 23.71 and was full of run down the lane under Eddie King.

"When you stack that up against some of the other times, she worked great," Pletcher said.

I was going to post this too.. How in the world can anyone say she "loves a hard turf course"? She's never had a chance to run on anything less than firm, and apparently she was fantastic in her most recent work on wet blades.

[tycharles01]

Stupid Question Alert

In the DRF Past races, which is the one for firm turf and the one for soft/yielding stuff Square around the T or circle around the T??

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by tycharles01

Stupid Question Alert

In the DRF Past races, which is the one for firm turf and the one for soft/yielding stuff Square around the T or circle around the T??

That doesn't mean either one of those things...

A T with a square around it means that it was run on the inner turf course and a T with a circle around it means it was run on the main turf course.

If you're looking for the terms for yielding and firm, yielding is "yl" and firm is "fm."