World Cup Misc. Thoughts
Congrats to Sheik Mohammed putting on this perfect racing spectacle. Unbelievable race vids.
Personal to the blogger-- UAE Derby: Lines of Battle = Danzig over an Arch Mare. My retired Rollin Rodney = Danzig over Arch Mare. Too bad on Rod's weird breathing problem. Looked at 8 yr. old Rod yesterday. Big strong strong legged athlete.
World Cup fun to analyze in terms of training.
Graham Motions informative prerace interview below.
Questionable field? Only one horse coming in the stretch. Red Cadeux shows perils of laying way back in big fields. Nice weaving through traffic.
Royal Delta's painful to watch inefficient head bobbing.
Graham Motion re Animal Kingdom: "I know how good he is..."
AK--uninterrupted training since June 2012.
Trained on Tapeta at Fairhill
AK 3f Breeze on Tues before Sat. Race--perfect Tom Ivers type fast work spacing--.Super compensation--Ivers called it--point where horse gets maximum physiological benefit out of next speed work.
AK to be retired before BC for $$$. Too bad!
Racing on Tapeta? Certainly looks a forgiving surface. Looks as if its difficult to come from behind. Most horses seem to have trouble quickening--although this is info from just glancing instead of analysis. Times seem slow, yet watching the horses they look to be really moving. Something different with this surface, possibly. Would need to look closer to see what it is.
On Florida/Louisiana Derby weekend I thought Florida Derby winner looked weak, though indeed the 4f Bobby Frankel type training worked in that case. Revolutionary in LA Derby--another great horse bred by Win Star. Past performance of Plecher--we know that Plecher trains on the edge of breaking bones. Expect R to get 3 5f breezes before Derby. Will we see a typical Plecher fade out, or, something new? Some small indicators Plecher may be changing some things up.
World Cup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM5UQCLa074
Graham Motion pre-race interview:
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/videos/12404/dubai-world-cup-graham-motion---animal-kingdom?section=international
Personal to the blogger-- UAE Derby: Lines of Battle = Danzig over an Arch Mare. My retired Rollin Rodney = Danzig over Arch Mare. Too bad on Rod's weird breathing problem. Looked at 8 yr. old Rod yesterday. Big strong strong legged athlete.
World Cup fun to analyze in terms of training.
Graham Motions informative prerace interview below.
Questionable field? Only one horse coming in the stretch. Red Cadeux shows perils of laying way back in big fields. Nice weaving through traffic.
Royal Delta's painful to watch inefficient head bobbing.
Graham Motion re Animal Kingdom: "I know how good he is..."
AK--uninterrupted training since June 2012.
Trained on Tapeta at Fairhill
AK 3f Breeze on Tues before Sat. Race--perfect Tom Ivers type fast work spacing--.Super compensation--Ivers called it--point where horse gets maximum physiological benefit out of next speed work.
AK to be retired before BC for $$$. Too bad!
Racing on Tapeta? Certainly looks a forgiving surface. Looks as if its difficult to come from behind. Most horses seem to have trouble quickening--although this is info from just glancing instead of analysis. Times seem slow, yet watching the horses they look to be really moving. Something different with this surface, possibly. Would need to look closer to see what it is.
On Florida/Louisiana Derby weekend I thought Florida Derby winner looked weak, though indeed the 4f Bobby Frankel type training worked in that case. Revolutionary in LA Derby--another great horse bred by Win Star. Past performance of Plecher--we know that Plecher trains on the edge of breaking bones. Expect R to get 3 5f breezes before Derby. Will we see a typical Plecher fade out, or, something new? Some small indicators Plecher may be changing some things up.
World Cup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM5UQCLa074
Graham Motion pre-race interview:
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/videos/12404/dubai-world-cup-graham-motion---animal-kingdom?section=international
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