The 3-race campaign

[Dunbar]

Kip Deville's 2008 according to Dutrow in DRF:

The 5 1/2-month layoff from the Breeders' Cup to the Maker's Mark was "all by design," said Richard Dutrow Jr., who trains Kip Deville.

Dutrow said Kip Deville will be kept fresh all year. He said he did not envision Kip Deville running again until the Woodbine Mile in September, and then onto the Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita in October.

--Dunbar

[Bigsmc]

This would be the opposite of him starting KD 5 days apart last summer in the classic Shoemaker Mile to Californian trainer move.

[horseofcourse]

has this one done enough????

[jcs11204]

does not make any sense to me, he's 5 with not much pedigree.
why not keep winning races, i have never liked him, but he seems like he could dominate on the turf up to 1 1/8

[Indian Charlie]

yeah, i gotta agree with pg here.

makes no sense to bring a horse off a 5.5 month layoff with the intent of racing him one time and then lay him off again for 5 months!

with that pedigree, i would expect him to keep trying to wrack up easy money stakes wins. i have a feeling that by fall, maybe some of these bad 3yos will be on turf and at least a few will be tougher to beat than what's out there in the current grass division.

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

yeah, i gotta agree with pg here.

makes no sense to bring a horse off a 5.5 month layoff with the intent of racing him one time and then lay him off again for 5 months!

with that pedigree, i would expect him to keep trying to wrack up easy money stakes wins. i have a feeling that by fall, maybe some of these bad 3yos will be on turf and at least a few will be tougher to beat than what's out there in the current grass division.

dont you also think he is effective up to a 1 1/8 there are a lot of spots, why not a full campagin ? race every month

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by jcs11204

does not make any sense to me, he's 5 with not much pedigree.
why not keep winning races, i have never liked him, but he seems like he could dominate on the turf up to 1 1/8

and he's actually got a good pedigree. kipling is by gulch, who needs no introduction, and his dam is a full to summer squall, and a half to ap indy. then you have encino, his dams sire, who is a half sibling to terlingua, and a full sibling to royal academy.
you can't just go by where his sire was standing to say whether he has a good pedigree or not.

[jcs11204]

Originally Posted by Danzig

and he's actually got a good pedigree. kipling is by gulch, who needs no introduction, and his dam is a full to summer squall, and a half to ap indy. then you have encino, his dams sire, who is a half sibling to terlingua, and a full sibling to royal academy.
you can't just go by where his sire was standing to say whether he has a good pedigree or not.

ok ok i get it, he's just not nearly as flashy as some of the other sires, ppl would not be running to kip d