So, was he exposed at all? Probably not, but we won’t know that until the Arkansas Derby. You have a tendency to get a little more overconfident on him, feeling he can win from anywhere. His defeat might be a bit more of a concern than Game Winner’s even though he did not have a good trip, and that is because he is the more brilliant of the two and is more likely to overcome a bad trip on sheer talent and brilliance. Like Game Winner, his Thoro-Graph number in the Rebel was a career best and puts him right with the champ as the horse on the best progression and fastest number in a stakes. The Arkansas Derby will tell us a lot as he gets his chance to avenge his defeat and square off with fellow Californian Omaha Beach.
Micho gisto zip#
Despite his wide trip, should he have been caught by a horse whose Thoro-graph and Beyer numbers were not even in the same ballpark as his? When a son of City Zip gets caught at 2-5 going 1 1/16 miles, you have to wonder about distance. Baffert compares him to Silver Charm, basically in their tenacity and consistency and will to win, and Silver Charm lost his final prep, but used the race to set him up perfectly for the Derby.Īs good a race as he ran in the Rebel, there is a question with him as well. If he runs the same kind of number he did in the Rebel coming back that quickly he then has four weeks to the Kentucky Derby and would be in good shape to run his peak race. The positive is that he doesn’t even have to win again. The two questions with him are should he have caught a maiden winner he seemingly had measured and will having only three weeks to the Santa Anita Derby affect him after such a hard race off a layoff? No one has a better line on his horses coming out of a race than Baffert, so if he shows up he’ll be ready to go. He was fast as a 2-year-old and he’s faster now. He is on the best progression of any of the Derby horses and does not need much of a move forward to win the Derby he’s pretty much right there already. He and Improbable actually received the two fastest Thoro-Graph numbers in the Rebel. But this year he may have the Derby gods as tutors.Ĭandy Ride (ARG)-Indyan Giving, by A.P. And then it’s on to the finals for the first time in 16 years.
Well, so far he’s looked like a scholar and is in a good position to ace the next test in the Arkansas Derby.
Micho gisto how to#
He used to say when they gave out lessons on how to win the Derby he probably was out that day. Mandella kidded earlier in the year that he was going to hang around Bob Baffert’s barn to pick up some pointers on how to get to the Derby. He did pair up his Thoro-raph number from his maiden win, but still needs a move forward to put him in Derby-winning territory. For a horse who had never faced winners and was coming off a seven-furlong race, that was a huge step forward. Game Winner appeared to have him measured, but he dug down deep and fought back gamely, and as I mentioned, was two lengths in front shortly after the wire. The more I watch the Rebel Stakes the more impressed I am with his performance.
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