Dialed In skipping Fountain of Youth

[Dahoss]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

You have spies at Palm Meadows?

His worktab has been going according to plan - and Pletcher has been raving about him. Even his facebook page gives every indication that all is well.

I know you're messing around, but we might have to have a facebook intervention soon for you.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

One horse who will be conspicuous by his absence when entries are drawn here Wednesday for Saturday’s Grade 2 Fountain of Youth is Dialed In. Trainer Nick Zito said he and owner Bob LaPenta both agreed that passing the race is in the best interest of their colt in light of his huge performance winning the Grade 3 Holy Bull in only his second career start here last month.

“I conferred with both Bob and his son Rob, and we all were in agreement that it would not be right to ask Dialed In to come back in four weeks after the Superman-type effort he turned in to win the Holy Bull,” Zito said. “They said let’s skip the Fountain of Youth and look for a two-turn race before the Florida Derby.”

http://www.drf.com/news/dialed-will-...n-youth-stakes

how ridiculous.
two starts; yeah they've no doubt got to the bottom of that well already. what a disgrace this sport has become regarding colts.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Well if it's on Facebook it has to be true. I would be careful watching his worktab and getting too hot in the panties, this horse can run 44 flat so getting all worked up about any work based on time is suspect. Sore or not he is a fn fast sort.

I don't care what the times are Freddy - just that his work tab is active - which means one work every Sunday.

If something was wrong with him - he'll miss a work.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I don't care what the times are Freddy - just that his work tab is active - which means one work every Sunday.

If something was wrong with him - he'll miss a work.

Nice facebook post.

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Unrelated to advances in medicine, there is also a plethora of options on the trail for these horses. Whereas at one point there were a few well-defined routes, now you can bounce around, skip a few and still have a chance to make the race. It doesn't seem like too long ago when the Fountain of Youth was a key stepping-stone in the East... now it's one of many options for horsemen it seems.

bingo....we have a winner. people read way too much into this media crap. that horse has probably 4 to 6 other races to choose from. people don't schedule their horses according to gulfstream anymore...theres tons of options, even there....where they'll make a race just for these horses to run. if they said hes skipping because hes hurt, then it would be a story.

[lemoncrush]

Originally Posted by johnny pinwheel

bingo....we have a winner. people read way too much into this media crap. that horse has probably 4 to 6 other races to choose from. people don't schedule their horses according to gulfstream anymore...theres tons of options, even there....where they'll make a race just for these horses to run. if they said hes skipping because hes hurt, then it would be a story.

Zito has said he won't ship the horse out of Florida. He said that right after the holy bull. So if that's true, then it limits his options.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I don't care what the times are Freddy - just that his work tab is active - which means one work every Sunday.

If something was wrong with him - he'll miss a work.

I am dubious on the "he is doing great facebook BS" Nobody seems to think he is doing great other then Uncle Mo and his knew found ability to type.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I don't care what the times are Freddy - just that his work tab is active - which means one work every Sunday.

If something was wrong with him - he'll miss a work.

If the horse was trained by a guy like Bill Mott, I would agree with you. However, because it's Pletcher, and he's already on a tight schedule in terms of the Derby, it doesn't necessarily follow that he's working = nothing's wrong with him.