Miscellaneous Horse Racing News
November 21, 2009 by Ryan
All things went swimmingly for Quality Road as he has undergone some gate schooling at Aqueduct this Saturday afternoon. The Florida Derby winner refused to load and was subsequently scratched from the Breeders Cup Classic two weeks ago. Trainer Todd Pletcher is considering racing the colt in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile. I think the mile distance would suit Quality Road perfectly. Quality Road is one of my favorite horses and I can’t wait to watch him race again! We have yet to see his best race. Pletcher is also considering Tom Fool Handicap winner Munnings for the race.
In other news, Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies winner She Be Wild is under consideration for the $500,000 Delta Princess Stakes at Delta Downs. The filly ran a great race under jockey Julien Leparoux to win the Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita. Leparoux masterfully guided the compact filly up the rail and she ran on strong to reign victorious. I think running in the Princess Stakes would be a good move. Trainer Wayne Catalano says she is training well.
More often then not horses that are superb at two aren’t as good when they get older. Some examples that I can think of off the top of my head are Dreaming of Anna and Stardom Bound. Both were extremely dominant at two, but were largely surpassed by their competition at the age of three. On the other hand, Indian Blessing was dominant at two, three, and four. She Be Wild’s connections might a well go for the big cash while they can.
Zenyatta’s connections have received the “Big Sport of Turfdom” award from the Turf Publicists of America. The criteria for the award is :”to a person or group of people who enhances coverage of Thoroughbred racing through cooperation with the media and Thoroughbred racing publicists”. Trainer John Sheriffs and his wife Dottie will recieve the award along with owners Jerry and Ann Moss and jockey Mike Smith. The mare has completed her career with a perfect 14 for 14 record. She still has one race left, and it will be the toughest of her career; the race for Horse of the Year.
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Ryan,
I think it would be a huge mistake for SHE BE WILD to run in the Delta Princess…it’s just a G.3 and what more can she do for her connections than win the G.1 BC Juvenile Fillies worth $2 million (of which they took $1.16 million!)? Plus, Delta Downs is a bullring and would do nothing to give her essential dirt experience to see if she’s a bona fide Kentucky Oaks candidate. Does each start always have to be about the money when she’s already given her connections a lode of it?
Likewise, I think QUALITY ROAD needs some time off…check out my post if you have the chance. Fair warning, it’s long but there’s video interspersed to make it a bit more palatable. Plus, if he’s running MUNNINGS in the Cigar Mile, that would give him two horses of similar style that could compromise each other.
So, if RACHEL loses out on the HOY, will her fans get to blame the media’s dislike for Jess Jackson?