cmp92
11-08-2013, 05:23 PM
There's some big racing coming up over the next few weekends. Tomorrow, of course, the American National races will be held at Balmoral. Captaintreacherous, Bee A Magician, I Luv the Nitelife, Foiled Again, and Pet Rock headline the action tomorrow. HoY implications? I don't really see any change happening. If Magician loses and the Captain wins, maybe the first place vote will tighten back up? I expect both to win, so I don't see this scenario playing out. Anything can happen, though.
The Matron begins Sunday at Dover. Plenty of big names there, as well. The New Meadowlands will open up in a few weekends. Bee A Magician will make her next and final start of the season in the Moni Maker. I Luv the Nitelife is heading there for a race November 30. The Captain might make an appearance in the TVG FFA championship. How likely is this? I think if the connections WANT to win HoY, then they would enter. If they stick to their plan of carefully managing the horse, then I think they have to watch his start at Balmoral closely and see how he recovers from some blood issues that hampered him at Hoosier. With that in mind, I might be inclined to think that the chance of the Captain going after older horses this year has been diminished.
Also, the connections of I Luv the Nitelife challenged Captaintreacherous to a match race on November 23 at the Big M. I haven't seen an official response from the Captain's camp, so I believe this is still possible. The Young family, owners of Nitelife, have proposed the match race for charity. Do you think the Captain's owners accept? I don't, but I would love to see it happen. Nitelife, if she were to win, can make a strong case for HoY, and if she loses, then she really doesn't lose anything. If the Captain lost, he would probably lose HoY too, and there isn't much upside to winning; I think he'd probably be favored in a match race.
Thoughts?
Definitely looking forward to the next few weeks!
The Matron begins Sunday at Dover. Plenty of big names there, as well. The New Meadowlands will open up in a few weekends. Bee A Magician will make her next and final start of the season in the Moni Maker. I Luv the Nitelife is heading there for a race November 30. The Captain might make an appearance in the TVG FFA championship. How likely is this? I think if the connections WANT to win HoY, then they would enter. If they stick to their plan of carefully managing the horse, then I think they have to watch his start at Balmoral closely and see how he recovers from some blood issues that hampered him at Hoosier. With that in mind, I might be inclined to think that the chance of the Captain going after older horses this year has been diminished.
Also, the connections of I Luv the Nitelife challenged Captaintreacherous to a match race on November 23 at the Big M. I haven't seen an official response from the Captain's camp, so I believe this is still possible. The Young family, owners of Nitelife, have proposed the match race for charity. Do you think the Captain's owners accept? I don't, but I would love to see it happen. Nitelife, if she were to win, can make a strong case for HoY, and if she loses, then she really doesn't lose anything. If the Captain lost, he would probably lose HoY too, and there isn't much upside to winning; I think he'd probably be favored in a match race.
Thoughts?
Definitely looking forward to the next few weeks!