California Flag

Scav · #1 12-13-2009, 10:28 AM

Anyone else see his race in Hong Kong? Irish told me to watch this morning and he ran absolutely monsterous again, nose away from 4th after taking all of it on the lead. Kornier really has this horse going good right now.

http://www.hkjc.com/english/press/showcase.asp

randallscott35 · #2 12-13-2009, 10:45 AM

Which number race is the replay?

Scav · #3 12-13-2009, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by randallscott35

Which number race is the replay?

5 I think

MisterB · #4 12-13-2009, 11:00 AM

SCUDSBROTHER · #5 12-13-2009, 02:44 PM

Was that Guerrero horse in there as a rabbit? Otherwise, that was asinine to do that.

PatCummings · #6 12-13-2009, 03:25 PM

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Was that Guerrero horse in there as a rabbit? Otherwise, that was asinine to do that.

Not at all. Laurel Guerreiro is a multiple G1 winning sprinter in Japan who hopes to run them off their feet - sometimes he does, sometimes he finishes 14th. He had just won the G1 Sprinters Stakes in 1:07.2 for 1200 meters (about 6 furlongs). Where California Flag finished with respect to Laurel Guerreiro suggests the Flag ran a very strong race.

SCUDSBROTHER · #7 12-13-2009, 04:05 PM

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Not at all. Laurel Guerreiro is a multiple G1 winning sprinter in Japan who hopes to run them off their feet - sometimes he does, sometimes he finishes 14th. He had just won the G1 Sprinters Stakes in 1:07.2 for 1200 meters (about 6 furlongs). Where California Flag finished with respect to Laurel Guerreiro suggests the Flag ran a very strong race.

Yea, but how you gunna run California Flag off his feet? He has always had enough turn of foot to quickly answer any stupid move like that. He'll always engage, and then the Romeo n' Juliet is completed.

DaTruth · #8 12-13-2009, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Scav

Anyone else see his race in Hong Kong? Irish told me to watch this morning and he ran absolutely monsterous again, nose away from 4th after taking all of it on the lead. Kornier really has this horse going good right now.

http://www.hkjc.com/english/press/showcase.asp

Did you notice how Cal Flag kept turning his head to the left coming down the stretch. I'm not sure if he does this on the regular basis, but I wonder if maybe he was somewhat confused after making the right turn. He might have thought he was back at Santa Anita for one of those turf sprints and he was looking for the left turn and then the dirt crossover.

philcski · #9 12-14-2009, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by DaTruth

Did you notice how Cal Flag kept turning his head to the left coming down the stretch. I'm not sure if he does this on the regular basis, but I wonder if maybe he was somewhat confused after making the right turn. He might have thought he was back at Santa Anita for one of those turf sprints and he was looking for the left turn and then the dirt crossover.

Probably. Most horses that race in the US need a lot of training to learn to race a right turn.

CSC · #10 12-14-2009, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Scav

Anyone else see his race in Hong Kong? Irish told me to watch this morning and he ran absolutely monsterous again, nose away from 4th after taking all of it on the lead. Kornier really has this horse going good right now.

http://www.hkjc.com/english/press/showcase.asp

I never considered him for the win spot Sunday morning but with all things considered he ran well and wasn't disgraced.