She's a filly that's shown quality without having to be on a sloppy track to do it. Like everyone else, I'll be interested to see if she's able to do the same thing on a regular, fast track. |
She's so consistent that you should be able to draw a line through one race in three years. |
Since the sale, he's been at Ashford, resting and doing a little jogging. We're in no hurry with him, although I still think he's the precocious type. We're just going to let him get settled in and take it slow. |
Six furlongs is a better distance for him, and he's a New York-bred - he runs for bonus money. |
So far he's been very impressive, and even though he hasn't won beyond five furlongs he's a very good moving, efficient horse who I think will stretch out. |
That?s one of the things we?re pleased with is being able to get eight horses here and healthy. That?s some sort of an accomplishment in its own right, but obviously it only matters a lot more if you win one of them or they all run well. |
The key for horses like him in their first start at two turns is to relax just a little to make their speed dangerous. You can't get too caught up in who else is running in a given race. They all will get tougher as you go along. |
The race (Davis) seemed to take nothing out of him and his energy level has been good since the race. It was just what we were looking for. |
The surface has a bit of a quirky reputation, so it's important that he already has started there. It can be tiring for some horses the first time over it, but he handled it. It has the reputation of being very safe and if it rains, since it's sand-based, it can handle the moisture. |
These are the hardest races in the year to win, |
These will be very, very hard races to win, every field -- at this stage -- is full. And all the good horses that are in training are in. |
They are bubble-type horses that need to step forward and have a big showing in the Florida Derby to step into the Kentucky Derby picture. They did what they needed to do to get to this point. |
They're 2-1 [Bellamy Road], 5-2 [Roman Ruler], and 3-1 [Flower Alley] in the morning line. Not a whole lot separates them. If Bellamy Road had a prior race, he'd be a bigger favorite. Blinkers have helped Flower Alley. He's become more focused with them on. I think the Jim Dandy was a breakthrough performance for him. It escalated him to a different level. |
This was a home run. The Jim Dandy was the kind of performance that propelled Flower Alley to the next level. Who knows, maybe he can step it up in the Breeders' Cup. |
Time's ticking away on us. Obviously you'd like to hear some good news soon. It's frustrating if he doesn't get in, but we're aware that it could happen. |