Let's Make It Official

[TGJB]

Congratulations to Ro Parra (Millenium Farm) on the victory of Super Frolic in the 750k, GII Hawthorne Gold Cup-- the 70th horse to win a stake after being bought on the recommendation of Thoro-Graph.

[kev]

Besides VG ever had any others run in the big dance?? I know DA HOSS won the mile twice. Way to go.

[Michael D.]

congrats Jerry. great win.

So assuming he came out of the race OK, do you take a shot at the Breeder\'s Cup?

It\'s a lot of money, but the competition will be a hell of a lot tougher than Lord of the Game and Desert Boom. I\'d even expect Perfect Drift to run a lot better than he did today.






 

[davidrex]

     Congrats on your big day..you deserve to relish in your success knowing full well \"you are the man\"
     

     PARTYpokerON!

[richiebee]

Congrats, JB-- hope you don\'t have to wait long for #71.

[marcus]

Way to go Jerry - SF looked like he\'ll come out of the race just fine and what a gamer . That extra weight definately did diminish the horse\'s margin of victory in the Hawthorne Gold Cup from open leanths down to the photo . SF appears to be displaying the positive signs and results of being in an excellent overall environment . I really like what I see when I look at that horse and am very encouraged for his future prospects and succsess\'s on and off the track .

[beyerguy]

Marcus,

I could be wrong, but I\'m pretty sure 4 pounds isn\'t enough to go from a photo to open lengths...reverse a photos, sure.

[NoCarolinaTony]

Congrats to all. !!! This is when racing is a fun game.

NC Tony

[beyerguy]

A quote from DRF:

\"Ro Parra, who races under the Millennium Farms banner, purchased Super Frolic in early August on the advice of the speed-figure guru Jerry Brown. Turned over to trainer Vladimir Cerin 18 days before the Pacific Classic, Super Frolic contested a hot pace while racing wide and checked in fifth in that start.\"

[marcus]

beyerguy - Granted SF may have lost some ground along the way in relation to the place horse that  would also have influenced margin of victory in that race , but if I\'m not mistaken , for example , 5 lbs is a TG point at any distance or roughly a leanth at 5 f .

\"Turned over to trainer Vladimir Cerin 18 days before the Pacific Classic\"

Somebody has to congratulate the trainer. I realize we don\'t all agree on how to measure performamce, but IMO Vladimir Cerin has done an excellent of getting this horse to run excellent back to back races against its toughest competition to date. IMO, he has moved this horse forward in a relatively short period of time. Great job.  

[beyerguy]

I stand corrected, 5 pounds = 2 lengths at 1 1/4 miles, so 4 pounds would be about 1.6 lengths.  

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

That horse has run for everybody. I\'m sure thats one reason TGraph wanted him.

Cerin certainly didn\'t turn him around in 18 days.

classhandicapper Wrote:
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> \"Turned over to trainer Vladimir Cerin 18 days
> before the Pacific Classic\"
>
> Somebody has to congratulate the trainer. I
> realize we don\'t all agree on how to measure
> performamce, but IMO Vladimir Cerin has done an
> excellent of getting this horse to run excellent
> back to back races against its toughest
> competition to date. IMO, he has moved this horse
> forward in a relatively short period of time.
> Great job.

CTC,

\"Cerin certainly didn\'t turn him around in 18 days. \"

He obviously didn\'t turn him around, but I like the way he is running now better than before. Cerin is now on my \"to watch\" list.