Friesan Fire Blazes

[Halo Fire]

5 eighths in 57.80.....

[Wrongly]

Halo
Was the workout at Churchill or was it at Keeneland again?

[Halo Fire]

Churchill Downs. Don\'t know how he looked or anything. This was a workout alert to my email.

[jack72906]

I like FF a lot. :57 and change is flying! My only concern is the competition he\'s faced. If I remember correctly he\'s only beaten one horse that will be running in the Derby(PC in the slop).

[miff]

FF did not show a published work for 26 days following his last start. He was reported to be \"let down\' for 2 weeks after his top wet track TG fig which to me means he was somewhat knocked out from that effort.Real pretty pattern on TG though.

In spite of the work,FF is a very difficult read for me off the 7 weeks spacing.Noted that Cowboy Jones did similar with Hard Spun who maybe wins the derby if SS does not get that perfect rail skimmer.


Mike

[Silver Charm]

miff Wrote:
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> In spite of the work,FF is a very difficult read
> for me off the 7 weeks spacing.Noted that Cowboy
> Jones did similar with Hard Spun who maybe wins
> the derby if SS does not get that perfect rail
> skimmer.

Stop right there Miff. Hard Spun had run a 0 at two so he was plenty fast enough and developed early. This one is not. Good Line but not the same type read to me.

By the way Hard Spun was double digit odds even with the above.

[miff]

\"Stop right there Miff. Hard Spun had run a 0 at two so he was plenty fast enough and developed early. This one is not. Good Line but not the same type read to me.

By the way Hard Spun was double digit odds even with the above\"


Silver,

Wrong horse, HS never ran 0 at two but did run faster overall than FF going in.


Mike

[Silver Charm]

Was it a 2 at Philly? I know when he got to FG he was quicker than a 6.

[miff]

Maybe,no debate he was faster than FF.Re todays fast work, the jock Saez thought he went in a minute(nice clock in his head,no?) and Welsch politely stated he could not make heads or tails of the sudden shut down of FF, last quarter 26ish with no gallop out.

Naturally,as JB says,the connections were pleased. Are they ever not?


Mike

[TGJB]

He went the first 3/8 in 32?

[jimbo66]

I read 33 and change, not 32.

[TGJB]

Then not 26.

[big18741]

Keeneland poly works and a CD tightener is the formula that worked for Hard Spun,Eight Belles and Proud Spell.

The faster ones and the synthetic horses are gonna have to run him down while likely dealing with traffic and or wide.With QR out he projects for a nice stalking trip and not a whole lot of resistance on the front end when the real running starts IMO.

[jimbo66]

Yes, correct.

The \"gallop out\" was 1:16 and a piece, which means the 1/8th was 19 and change.  Maybe Miff is counting that as part of the 26ish.

Davidovitz on Bloodhorse is more bullish on FF\'s work.  Says that watching it, he thought the horse had went in the same 1:01 that POTN went in, as he was on a loose reigh.  Also says the horse was gawking after the end of the work, possibly explaining the slow gallop out.

More conflicting views and reasons to both like and dislike horses....

Glad to see you think this one got EASIER with Quality Road out.  I understand the comment, as I agree that at 5-1 you could not bet on the horse, or feel confident throwing him out.  But this derby is very very confusing.  

I believe your REgal RAnsom is \"done\" now that Join in the Dance is in the field.  I put RR in the bottom 5.

[miff]

JB,

Actually worse than that, 45.1 to the half out in 1.14(28.4 last quarter) assuming they got it correct.

Reported splits,11.1,22.1,33.3,45.1,57.4 out in 1.14.

Mike