Deep Impact

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by miraja2

That horse has a fabulous pedigree. Not only is he by Sunday Silence, but his dam is by Seattle Slew & out of a Herbager mare. Talk about being bred to run 10f! I assume his fee is reasonable because, well, he never won a race.

His conformation isn't the best, but most horses with strong Slew bloodlines don't have the best of conformation. (That I've noticed.) For that fee, I'd give him a shot.

The horse is clearly a threat, Japanese fields or not. Check those runs out. The horse can come from way back, and often does, just to stay out of any sort of trouble. The horse can go if needed... can stay back and then go early. A huge amount of stamina, and very versatile style. Only problem might be the tighter turns in shorter (under 10f) races in the US. But I read nothing about any interest in coming here.

This horse also appears to know exactly what is wanted of him. No waisted energy waiting or going.

[Cajungator26]

Ok...

What are the chances of him running as good on left turn tracks? I wonder what kind of affect that has on a horse?

[irishtrekker]

I saw one race (it's listed as the first leg of their Triple Crown, but who knows?) where he ran on a left turn track:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=twwAJ3YKG...=deep%20impact

Didn't seem to cause him any problems.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by irishtrekker

I saw one race (it's listed as the first leg of their Triple Crown, but who knows?) where he ran on a left turn track:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=twwAJ3YKG...=deep%20impact

Didn't seem to cause him any problems.

I just saw that too... he is most impressive.