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I was wondering why they were all so very happy and excited after the win. I figure it was because they didn't expect the win - they just wanted him to run well (maybe top three), and get this prep under his belt. That he won on class and natural ability alone, maybe surprised them a bit and reinforced how good they think this horse is, that he could easily beat those at 80% or so.
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I think Street Sense has a lot more to worry about than Lawyer Ron though. I don't know who is going to the Travers but I don't think its a gimme for him. |
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He's a very good horse, but not all time good as the time/figure would indicate.
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as far as who could beat Street Sense? I don't know yet, I'll tell you the day before the Travers, how's that? |
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He freely admitted he had no real plan after the Derby. No surprise that SS got nosed out. The question is, what is the long term goal of Nafzger for SS? Is it the Travers or the BC Classic. I argue that it is both. Old school guys like Nafzger view the Travers as the fourth jewel in the Triple Crown. He said leading up to the Jim Dandy, he didnt care if SS lost, he just needed to get sharper off the long lay off. It wasn't overly impressive, but the horse did what was necessary to win the race, which in the end, that was all the trainer was looking for. Next stop will be the Travers, maybe a race vs olders in late Sept/early Oct and then train up to the BC Classic. With Nafzger's precise schedule and track record for having his horses ready for the spot that is the ultimate destination (Derby, BC Juvy) combined with the fact that SS is bound to improve off the Dandy, even more so third off the layoff (like the Derby) in a prep for the BCC or the BCC itself, along with a natural maturing horse late in a three year old campaign, I'm not sure how you can be overly disappointed in SS's performance in the Dandy. Crushing fields did nothing to help Bernardini in the BCC last year, he got a look in the eye and spit the bit. Street Sense will go into the BCC well tested and well prepared.
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For the classic, if they both do make it, at this point I would definetely go with Lawyer Ron headsup. I have this gut feeling though that Street Sense won't make it. |
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because Street Sense has been beaten before. because I don't see him moving forward as a 3yo. because I know that other 3yo's are developing/improving. therefore, depending on who shows up in the Travers I do think he is elligible to get beat at miniscule odds. |
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I'm not convinced about how much more improvement we're going to see from him. He is the first horse to carry over his winning form from the juvenile to the derby. What a huge step it would be to keep it going through the fall and win the classic. Totally unprecedented. When you talk about a naturally improving 3yo I think more about a horse that is only now coming into his peak form, for the first time. Not about a horse who at two ran the fastest juvenile ever. we'll see how it turns out, count me as skeptical of him reaching new heights. I disagree about Bernardini last year. No shame in how he ran in the classic, I wouldn't call it spitting the bit. He lost to an extraordinary horse, a better horse, but his race in the classic was exceptional. |