Friesan Fire runs third in return off layoff at 2/5

kgar311 · #1 12-04-2009, 04:10 PM

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/rac...om-layoff.aspx

Didnt see the race looks like he made a move and flattened outin an opt 100k cl. Say they are trying to get him to the Donn.

Merlinsky · #2 12-04-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by kgar311

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/rac...om-layoff.aspx

Didnt see the race looks like he made a move and flattened outin an opt 100k cl. Say they are trying to get him to the Donn.

Check out At the Races for yesterday around halfway through the 2nd hour. Steve went live to it. Sounds like it wasn't particularly exciting for FF at any point of the race whatsoever.

kgar311 · #3 12-04-2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Check out At the Races for yesterday around halfway through the 2nd hour. Steve went live to it. Sounds like it wasn't particularly exciting for FF at any point of the race whatsoever.

I read an article leading up to the race and you would of thought this hose was the second coming the way they said he was training. The connections must be highly disappointed after that performance, to say the least.

#4 12-04-2009, 04:22 PM

The horse needs a swamp.

RolloTomasi · #5 12-04-2009, 04:33 PM

Fresian Fire on paper seems quite dependent on the pace. IIRC, all his "good" races were in slow paced races (:48 and slower). Faster fractions and he doesn't show up with a run. Unfortunately, most big races don't cater to that style.

This horse has been exposed repeatedly. He was found out at 2 in the Futurity and buried in the Derby and Preakness (where he was coming apart at the seems anyways) at 3.

He went to the sidelines with multiple injuries, which more than bad luck, probably accounts for his poor breaks from the gate in the 2 classics. The time off doesn't necessarily mean he will come back 100% (which probably wasn't that great to begin with), either.

It was pretty bold to declare the Donn the main target given all that. And when you factor in the good series of easier stakes at the FG leading up to the relatively important New Orleans Handicap, its almost downright foolish to point to a race in FL. The only thing I could figure is they're desperate to get a Grade 1 win with him before time runs out.

Good luck with that.

The Indomitable DrugS · #6 12-09-2009, 10:40 PM

Who is the last KY Derby favorite even remotely as bad as this horse?

I guess I can't knock FF too much though ... after all ... he did give us this...