Posted on 03/07/2021 5:54:07 PM PST by basalt
i posted this colts first race last November...that was 7 furlongs. Well, here he is yesterday winning a stakes race, at a one mile and 1/16....hes never been behind in any of his races....he looks like the real deal.
https://youtu.be/6Ug1-vK-VK8
Nice run, will have to watch this one, thanks!
Mike Smith said the video board may have spooked the horse seeing a “dinosaur.” That may have been the cause of the lugging. Blinkers?
His fodder was a mudder.
Beautiful race. Life is Good looks to be at least 1 hand shorter than the rest of the field, too. Breezed to win 1 1/8 miles wire-to-wire by 8 lengths.
I wish they could fix the problems with these artificial tracks. I happened to scroll through the cable guide last week and saw a 5 hour marathon of European races all edited together so no delays between races. All on grass (but I didn’t watch them all). No major spills but one tossed rider (in Europe they have some races that include jumping, with more turns than a formula 1 race). And I guess down under they run races the opposite direction.
Didn’t look like he wore blinkers on that race, so I wouldn’t mess with what isn’t broke. Stop putting stupid animations on the tote board during a race!
i saw that interview...the colt kinda did the same thing in his second race....Bob Baffert is gonna have them turn the board on for his morning works...hes still a little green...but man, looks like he can really carry his speed.
actually...the screens show the actual race...could def distract him...hes still a growing colt...
Well sure it could distract him - but not inherently more than any other horse. But he breezed to a big win at that length at that age (barely really 3 years old as you probably know all horses age a year on Jan 1, so he could actually still be biologically less than 3 years old). Don’t mess with the equipment would be my call. That could prove much more detrimental than the tote board. He’s doing great as is.
cant believe its been almost 50 years since Secretariat set those Triple Crown records...and they still stand...it was 50 years between Man O War and Secretariat...and now 50 years since Big Red...hmm...ya never know..
4 minute clip from that episode. Classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtsIazfl4PY
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