Indian Blessing Scratched

hockey2315 · #1 09-06-2008, 11:32 AM

http://www.drf.com/news/article/98025.html

Hmm. . . I wonder how long Baffert had that plan for. . .

Indian Charlie · #2 09-06-2008, 11:50 AM

Yeah, in retrospect, it was suspicious that he entered TTS in there as well.

cowgirlintexas · #3 09-06-2008, 02:28 PM

Wonder why it took them so long to realize that the race was too long for her.. Why did they even enter her? To wait until the "day of" to go "Oh..this isn't the race we wanted"

Gimme a break

King Glorious · #4 09-06-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by cowgirlintexas

Wonder why it took them so long to realize that the race was too long for her.. Why did they even enter her? To wait until the "day of" to go "Oh..this isn't the race we wanted"

Gimme a break

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. I don't know why Baffert didn't realize the race was too long for her when he entered her. I mean, she's only won twice, one of them a grade one, at that distance in the past. It's not like she's won three times at it. If not for that nag Proud Spell beating her, then she would have won three times at the distance. But yeah, only twice proves it's too long for her.

cowgirlintexas · #5 09-06-2008, 02:59 PM

Why would he say he wants to keep her at sprint distances?

King Glorious · #6 09-06-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by cowgirlintexas

Why would he say he wants to keep her at sprint distances?

Maybe because he is going to run her in the BC F/M Sprint and doesn't want to make her run long then cut her back to sprints. Also, maybe because he feels that right now, she's better at sprints. But feeling she's better at sprints doesn't mean she can't go longer. I am probably nitpicking but if you had said this race was further than her best distance, that would have made sense. To say it's too far for her when she's won at it twice in stakes company, doesn't.

hockey2315 · #7 09-06-2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. I don't know why Baffert didn't realize the race was too long for her when he entered her. I mean, she's only won twice, one of them a grade one, at that distance in the past. It's not like she's won three times at it. If not for that nag Proud Spell beating her, then she would have won three times at the distance. But yeah, only twice proves it's too long for her.

She's probably best at a mile and a quarter

Dunbar · #8 09-06-2008, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. I don't know why Baffert didn't realize the race was too long for her when he entered her. I mean, she's only won twice, one of them a grade one, at that distance in the past. It's not like she's won three times at it. If not for that nag Proud Spell beating her, then she would have won three times at the distance. But yeah, only twice proves it's too long for her.

Maybe it was too wet for her. She's just 2 for 2 on muddy and sloppy, including one of her mile-and-sixteenth wins. If she were 3 for 3 on wet tracks, maybe Baffert would have let her run, but coming in just 2 for 2, well...

Or maybe they didn't like the weight assignment. She would have been forced to carry 6 lbs LESS than her last two races. It might have thrown off her rhythm.

So many reasons to scratch...

--Dunbar