This kind of ties to the post I made earlier about jocks making decisions about running styles that might not fully suit the horse in a larger field. Made a similar comment about Intense Holiday and the difference in his 2 races, he was ridden much more aggressively in the LA Derby (presumably due to the extreme speed nature of the track that day and an attempt to try to play to the track instead of what necessarily might be best for the horse), and as a result he wasn\'t anywhere near as impressive in the lane as he was in the Risen Star.
Candy Boy hasn\'t been ridden too far off the pace all that much, so this is nothing more than conjecture, but if he is they type of horse that would be better served relaxing and being patient in the early parts of a race, and his connex just have not been doing that in the SA races due to everyone knowing the extreme speed nature of the track and them actually making an attempt to win the races instead of what might be best for the horse.... then it is possible that on a more demanding track with a more patient trip that a large new top is waiting on Sat.
It would kind of be like discussing WS prior to the Wood. Looked terrible on paper figure-wise compared to the others. He was more patiently ridden in FL this winter, to be sure, but if it is simply a matter of his A game being coming from off the pace and spending all winter on a track where that just doesn\'t work, then yes it is possible for a huge new top when switching to CD.
I\'m not going to be putting him in the win position myself, and still on the fence about tris. Need to hear more about how he\'s doing this week and how good his workout yesterday really was (some ppl saying B+ as opposed to A)
