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Originally Posted by LoneF
His career debut was in all reality the race where he broke his maiden from the 12 hole at Gulfstream. Technically it was the race early in 2017 but he didn’t run a step in that one and they promptly put him on the shelf for 7 months . No idea what happened there but the horse got zip out of it and Mott never trained or raced him after that for 7 months so it’s like it never happened.
Hofburg comes out of the gate and wins from impossible post and less than ideal trip. The education the horse got out of that race was invaluable . The performance was so good it puts him on the derby trail.
Validates the huge maiden win by taking a big jump forward and running a game 2nd to top tier horse Audible. Another big jump forward which is very possible with this lightly raced of a horse puts him right there with every horse not named Mendelssohn.
ALOT to like with Hofburg ...
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https://thisishorseracing.com/news/i...with-bill-mott
Small excerpt (from Mott) in this article about Hofburg whe he was still unraced.
