BC Thoughts

Blogger was out bandaging a leg during the Saturday BC.  1.5 mile walk through thick grass to find 'em, and they were at the far reaches of the field, of course.  Bandage. walk back and watch the replays. 

I saw a vid of Mucho Macho Man being walked off the track.  Reminded me of being on #148.  You are so far up there.  As a rider of a 17 hand horse it's another dimension.  I'll post on that more if #148 makes it back.

I'll quit thinking Palice Malice is a good horse.  What happened to Pletcher and his new training/warm ups btw.

I'd like to know exact training of Mucho Macho.   In handicapping--note to myself--trust  instincts.  Mucho looked like a monster in that last prior race. Rarely seen a horse stride that powerfully down stretch, and it shows again in BC Classic.

Tribute to Kathy Ritvo.

Will Take Charge bumped 5 wide loses by nose???  Blog will take full credit for identifying this horse's nice stride while he was still at Oaklawn.

Beholder by Henny Hughes- lest we forget Henny Hughes was a nice runner before injury-- Fair Grounds and Pletcher, am recalling???

Did She's A Tiger (Juvenile Fillies) run strongest race of day? 1:-09.3 and accelerated at finish?  Dam by Cahill Road.  The good ones surface eventually. Tale of Cat best sire no one ever heard of?

Juvenile Fillies won by $9,000 yearling.   Renee's Got Zip for $3500.00.

My main impression watching these races--what a large number of good/well trained horses!  Instead of the whole field dying in the stretch per most races especially on east coast, whole fields kept coming despite lightening fractions.  Training is improving?

Are these times faster than in days of old?  Seems so.  Unknown.

Trying to figure race of day-- lot of great races--my two were Classic and Turf Mile.  I give it to Wise Dan.  What a performance!