Modern Love

[fasteddie]

Joe B:

Ditto on your comments; Smarty will be there at the far turn, and IF Lion runs his race, a wall of horses will swallow them at the 1/8th pole. I expect Lion to stay on until a 1/16th out, then Cliff and co. will run him down. I figure Lion to finish ahead of Smarty. Footnotes will be on the pace also, but I think he went over the top in Fla. Don\'t know what to do with Friends Lake...

[ronwar]

I just don\'t see Lion caving in like most think.  And if the jockeys take this same stance on waiting for him to come back(War Emblem), after two decent preps he could be long gone.  Notice when they galloped out passed the wire, I\'m trying to figure out how did Lion get back in front of TCE by a length and a half.

[jbelfior]

ronwar--

Another good point. But LION HEART is going to have to relax more to get the 1 1/4.

It\'s funny...let\'s say the usual KEENLAND bias existed last Saturday. LH draws off by 5 and becomes the instant favorite at 3-1.

Now he\'ll be something closer to 13-1. This game is all about value.


Side note to all TCE fans jumping on that bandwagon. I hope all of you had him in the Blue Grass...if not, you know the ol\' saying---\"If you didn\'t go to the wedding, don\'t bother going to the wake.\"


Good Luck,
Joe B.

[fasteddie]

Joe B:

I just don\'t think he went over the top...He was an under-the-radar screen 2YO, and I put stock in horses than run well over CD...he\'s proven his talent, and we may be looking at another Thunder Gulch.