Etched & the Classic

[PatCummings]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

It's easy to get creative when discussing a horse's chances, but you can't deny a few things...

Musket Man, while a nice horse hasn't really shown a huge desire to win this year and missed significant training time prior to the Monmouth Cup. Etched has beaten a field of 4 and 6 this year. He's not going to be sitting a perfect trip off of Chirac or Great Debater in the Classic.

You're right, he'll be a big price, but he should be. I just don't see how it is possible that he runs early and hangs on late.

I'm not saying I'm picking him as my first choice, but he has infinitely better qualities to win a 10 furlongs dirt race at Churchill than say...Mine That Bird. I'll be interpreting KML's comments next week and that should tell you all you need to know.