Canadian International

[dlf]

TGJB, Allan and/or Paul: Any chance you guys can add the figs from the Canadian International to the final BC Sheets when they come out tonight? Would be most helpful.
Thanks,
dlf

[Upper Nile]

Huh, who\'s running on the BC card that ran in the Canadian International?

[dlf]

Upper Nile,
No one, of course. BUT, the race did feature Euros Electrocutionist and Grey Swallow running 3rd and 4th; horses who have beaten and/or run with Ace, Azamour, Bago, Shirocco.
It also had 1-2 finishers in Relaxed Gesture and Meteor Storm, two horses who have been finishing behind the best American turfers so far this year.
Maybe (I don\'t really believe this) the Americans can compete on the turf? It\'d be nice to see the figs for comparison\'s sake.

[Michael D.]

Interesting post Dennis. Those three Euros that took most of the money and couldn\'t quite compete do resemble Aza and Bago (the two BC favs). I have been thinking Euro all the way so far, but how do you just ignore what happened there?

[jbelfior]

If you go back to the past performances of the Euro turf horses who won the F/M Turf and the 1 1/2 Turf, their raceline comments all had them racing close to the lead and assuming command 1 or 2f out.

It will be tough for anyone, Euro or otherwise, to close from far back on a soft
turf.

IMO, the Turf winner will be sitting pretty close to the lead in the early stages.



Good Luck,
Joe B.

[HP]

\"It will be tough for anyone, Euro or otherwise, to close from far back on a soft turf.\"

Totally disagree.  And it probably won\'t be \"soft\" anyway.  HP

[richiebee]

As of Tuesday, according to 2 correspondents writing in my favorite Comic Book, the NY POST (Kerrison and Fountaine), the grass was WET and soft on Tuesday.  Sorry I can\'t attch the article, but Graham Motion is quoted as saying he thinks the Turf will be \"heavy\" for Saturday. Jimmy Toner said that there was plenty of give in the course Monday, before an additional inch of rain fell.  How much can it dry between now and then, even with the sun out and a gusty wind?

This was the second wettest month in NY since 1882. The course has never been subjected to this much precipitation.

For them to have taken the Knickerbocker off turf Friday don\'t you think the course is in a bad way? Would 1 race have made that much of a difference on a course that had dried out decently?

HP, I think this course will be on the yielding side of \"GooD\", if not yielding. I think it will definitely favor animals who like \"give in the ground\". What\'s your take?

[HP]

For one thing, I\'m sure the course WAS that way on Monday and Tuesday.  However, last I checked the races are on SATURDAY, which would give it almost four full days to dry out.  It\'s windy and cool.  It won\'t be \"boggy.\"  I would put my money on GOOD, period.  I will jump up and down on my lawn a few times to test my theories.  

HP