Comments on: Curlin valiant – yet just short in turf debut

By: Saturday Selections 7/11/09 « THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER

Saturday Selections 7/11/09 « THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:55:57 +0000

[...] It’s hard to believe that it was a year ago already that I took the family up to Belmont to watch Curlin in his turf “debut” in last year’s running of the Man O’ War and left with a healthy dose of heartache and pain. Looking over this year’s edition, [...]

By: A Saturday to remember « THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER

A Saturday to remember « THE ASPIRING HORSEPLAYER — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:57:37 +0000

[...] then again, given the healthy crowd on hand (which from my vantage point seemed quite larger than Curlin drew for his turf debut in the Man O’ War last summer) that was largely there just to see Rachel- it seemed the correct decision to leave the race on [...]

By: libby

libby — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:31:20 +0000

Curlin was flown into New York on a Thursday and raced on a Saturday with only one work on grass, he might have been tired. I hope they give him some play time for awhile, he has earned it.

By: Kevin Stafford

Kevin Stafford — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:52:28 +0000

@Gerald – Del Mar time indeed! I’m steamed that I wasn’t able to do any opening day picks – and won’t have any for tomorrow as well.

You and me both were baffled by the main track. I did so well at Hollywood last year, then got wiped out the first 3 weeks of Del Mar.

I only got to see the last 3 races today, but it looked fair. I know the front runner won the last race and it looked like from comments off the pace and closers won the rest.

You were darn right about the best jocks – Bejerano picked up right where he left off.

I should have some picks for Friday and the weekend. I’m giddy as hell about Del Mar and Saratoga.

By: gerald

gerald — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:24:20 +0000

kevin; its delmar time. beware the polytrack was a mess last year you needed a dart board and a lot of darts. the turf was all right but the main track was a mystery the entire meet. poly stats was no help. i was at a loss because i had done so well on the old surface. i`m going to keep better track this year. i do know 1 thing the best jocks have an edge here because they understand the track and get the beater suited horses so don`t be afaid to bet bejorno on a 20/1 shot………GLC