Quality Road

[Leamas57]

I continue to back him as an icon and call him a superhorse, despite the aversion here to the liberal use of the term. Anytime an athlete is the best of his/her time, he/she\'s a superstar. This guy is fresh cream, he\'s gourmet, and at a mile that would make him an eight-course meal (hungry rbee?--keep the cholesterol down as your bloodpressure will surely spike while you\'re backing Biofuel).

He beats a pretty good field by 10--maybe without getting hit.

Leamas

[richiebee]

Leamas--

Brilliantly fast and lightly raced, the prototypical 21st Century thoroughbred
superstar.

QR needs to beat RA and Zen before you can underscore \"best\".

[TGAB]

Where\'s Cole Porter when you need him?

[Leamas57]

He\'s right here, Alan. I happen to be old enough myself to know who Cole Porter is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6oGytt0Hiw

Leamas

[Leamas57]

richiebee Wrote:
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> Leamas--
>
> Brilliantly fast and lightly raced, the
> prototypical 21st Century thoroughbred
> superstar.
>
> QR needs to beat RA and Zen before you can
> underscore \"best\".


This is precisely why I said \"of their day.\"  Racing is different now, stars are different. I don\'t know about you, but I don\'t want to have a Babe Ruth/Barry Bonds argument or engage in stuff like:  \"Marciano coulda given this Tyson bum a lesson...\"

Healthy QR puts those two away. If TG is a measure of speed, who has the highest fig? I think based on TG figs alone, QR wins by several lengths..

Leamas

Leamas

[TGAB]

Yeah, that\'s Cole alright. Could imagine him penning lyrics about Whirlaway or Citation back in the day. Good job.

[Leamas57]

There was an indie film about Cole Porter 10 or 12 years ago. Kevin Kline starred as Porter. Can\'t remember the name of the film, but if you\'re a fan and haven\'t seen it, you might rent it--it was well done.

Leamas

[Lost Cause]

richiebee Wrote:
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> Leamas--
>
> Brilliantly fast and lightly raced, the
> prototypical 21st Century thoroughbred
> superstar.
>
> QR needs to beat RA and Zen before you can
> underscore \"best\".


He also needs to beat Summer Bird (beat him twice) and Blame.

[sekrah]

I give Warrior\'s Reward a chance today.   The extra furlong is a definent plus.  But QR is a deserved favorite and definently will be tough.   You have to wonder what a neg-7 will do to an animal though.

[mjellish]

Ok, I know QR is a very nice horse and a 1 turn mile is about perfect for him.  But 1-9?

Good Luck to those trying to beat him.

[Leamas57]

133.11 is pretty fast and he did tap him once to put away MM. He  successively and successfully put away LGC, WR, and MM without, it seemed, much urging. He waved the whip and then finally tapped him in the last pole, but I didn\'t see a horse under any duress.

He\'s the top,
he\'s the Louvre museum,
he\'s the top,
he\'s the colliseum...

Leamas

[smalltimer]

flat mile,
they\'ll never beat him,
10 furlongs,
he\'ll never see \'em....

[Leamas57]

Not sure what you meant. If you mean he would only win by more, agreed.

If you mean by that that he can\'t sustain his speed for another two furlongs, I submit that for a horse who can run a -7 fig at 9 furlongs, he could stop and look for daisies in the infield in the last furlong just to make sure that the rest don\'t get lost wondering if they missed a turn somewhere. Healthy horse wins BC classic convincingly. Anyone know if they offer HOY future odds?

Leamas

[miff]

QR gets a rather generous Beyer of 114.Track was very fast after the early cheap races,fig a little lofty,imo.With the weight spot,TG for QR could be app neg-4 1/2ish.

No doubt who is the fastest dirt horse in the world right now.




Mike

[bobphilo]

Quality Road has thrown down the gauntlet to both Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta. Rachel still needs to regain last years HOTY form, but when and if ready, will probably again take on the big boys before the BC, like last year.

Zenyatta has to stop re-beating up on the same Cal fillies and face QR in the Classics at Saratoga, Churchill and Belmont, as well as Santa Anita, while both are in form. Thoroughbred form is fleeting and racing needs its top horses to meet whenever they can and not wait for a Nov BC showdown that may never happen - think last year.

Bob