cordep17
05-02-2013, 10:16 PM
He is 50-1 on the Morning Line, but he actually isn't bad.
He hasn't run a 100 figure yet, but his last two outs have been vs. increasingly better opponents, and he still managed a 93 and a 96. That 96 was achieved in the Spiral, where he had to deal with a wide trip. Kelly Breen doesn't do the best with layoff horses, so it is acceptable that he finished 4th in an OC75k/n1x to kick off his 3 year old career. Although it looks like he is peaking at the right time, it seems he has struggled on the dirt.
Both of his maiden efforts came out of races that were moved from the turf to the dirt, so he essentially was racing turf horses on dirt. Still, he lost his first by 6 lengths and only won his second by 2. He faced 10 in his first OC75k/n1x on thedirt, and he finished a distant fourth. The very game race that he ran on turf obviously perked him up, which he followed up with his latest win on the all weather track.
So, what do you guys think? Has he proven himself mediocre on the dirt? Was he just not as in form at the start of his 3 year old campaign? If the spiral would have been on dirt, would he still have delivered a top performance?
He hasn't run a 100 figure yet, but his last two outs have been vs. increasingly better opponents, and he still managed a 93 and a 96. That 96 was achieved in the Spiral, where he had to deal with a wide trip. Kelly Breen doesn't do the best with layoff horses, so it is acceptable that he finished 4th in an OC75k/n1x to kick off his 3 year old career. Although it looks like he is peaking at the right time, it seems he has struggled on the dirt.
Both of his maiden efforts came out of races that were moved from the turf to the dirt, so he essentially was racing turf horses on dirt. Still, he lost his first by 6 lengths and only won his second by 2. He faced 10 in his first OC75k/n1x on thedirt, and he finished a distant fourth. The very game race that he ran on turf obviously perked him up, which he followed up with his latest win on the all weather track.
So, what do you guys think? Has he proven himself mediocre on the dirt? Was he just not as in form at the start of his 3 year old campaign? If the spiral would have been on dirt, would he still have delivered a top performance?