tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037940159956945489.post7591436021437841546..comments2023-10-12T11:54:04.700-04:00Comments on Power Cap: Fabulous Strike Likes It LightG. C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07604839670701867384noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037940159956945489.post-91614783706722185682009-07-06T18:40:46.216-04:002009-07-06T18:40:46.216-04:00P.S. I clearly understand that 123 pounds is "...P.S. I clearly understand that 123 pounds is "weight." One pound is "weight." ... It isn't a LOT of weight.<br /><br />Seventeen horses are carrying 124 pounds in races at Colonial Downs tonight, most of them cheap claimers and maiden-claimers. Some of them are giving up as much weight or nearly so to opponents (usually older against 3-year-olds) as Fabulous Strike was to Munnings.<br /><br />You can argue that too little weight was given to Munnings, but not that too much was assigned to Fabulous Strike. And really, an older G1 winner vs. a 3-year-old G2 winner is going to result in an eight- or 10-pound difference in weights just about anywhere in the U.S. ... Eleven pounds is wrong, it isn't that far off from right.<br /><br />Yes, I'm disgruntled with Fabulous Strike's connections. :-)Glenn Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760553404742644042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037940159956945489.post-4231548070710322262009-07-06T18:06:45.961-04:002009-07-06T18:06:45.961-04:00Still holding out hope for 2 or 3 racing secretari...Still holding out hope for 2 or 3 racing secretaries to for once pull together and make connections such as FS's an offer they can't refuse:<br /><br />"Either you take the (more than reasonable) conditions we offer, or you go my friend's track, where conditions will be the same - or you'll have to take your act overseas. And if you think this one was too tough, you'll be amazed at what they'll throw at you in European or Asian G2 races.malcerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02913127739083446726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037940159956945489.post-17605477444039751412009-07-06T17:34:40.628-04:002009-07-06T17:34:40.628-04:00Since when does 123 pounds even qualify as "w...Since when does 123 pounds even qualify as "weight?"<br /><br />Yeesh, 3-year-olds carry 126 pounds for 10 furlongs in the Kentucky Derby. A 6-year-old G1-winning gelding is lucky not to get imposted with 126 or 128 against the field he was supposed to face Sunday -- a very nice horse in Munnings (albeit who is only 3) and three others who've now never won a stakes race in 46 combined lifetime starts.<br /><br />This was a case of a G1 older horse whose connections were afraid of a 3-year-old. Yes, the distance was not his ideal and I think he'd have gotten beat. Munnings nearly ran 1:21 flat and Fabulous Strike has never shown he can carry his record-setting speed out to 7 furlongs; been beaten twice in races run in over 1:22.<br /><br />But if you enter the horse and he's healthy and the track comes up fast, race the horse.<br /><br />It isn't like they found out Sunday morning that the Tom Fool Handicap was going to be run at 7 furlongs.Glenn Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760553404742644042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037940159956945489.post-17693549280909950662009-07-06T16:46:11.529-04:002009-07-06T16:46:11.529-04:00Also Fabuluos Strike's limit is 3/4 of a mile ...Also Fabuluos Strike's limit is 3/4 of a mile it seems, as I recal in the Carter he hit the wall past the 1/8 pole.<br /><br />-nyra1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037940159956945489.post-48942375157718068722009-07-06T16:42:51.323-04:002009-07-06T16:42:51.323-04:00Munnings is going to the King's Bishop, no lay...Munnings is going to the King's Bishop, no layover in the Amsterdam. Incidently, Quality Road is supposed to make his return in the Amsterdam. Source, NY Daily News<br /><br />-nyra1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com