After a performance like this, don‘t we all want Mo, Mo, Mo ? |
October 7, 2010
I Want Mo, Mo, Mo
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- Brian Zipse
- I've been going to the races and following the horses since before I can honestly remember. For example, my best recollection of being in the stands for Secretariat's amazing run in the Belmont was not the race, but the stands shaking so much beneath my feet. Quite an experience for a little guy who just turned 4! Two of my favorite fellow handicappers are my brother and my father. My one year old daughter is already showing signs of loving the horses :>) My favorites...how about Wajima, Spectacular Bid, Fancy Naskra, Five Star Flight, Christmas Past, Princess Rooney, Lady's Secret, With Approval, Paradise Creek, Sunday Silence, Unbridled, Skip Away, Free House. Musket Man and Rachel Alexandra, just to name a few.
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He did his last eighth in 11 and change. How far is the Champaigne? I wish they had future odds on the KY Derby right now. I like the fact that Pletcher debuted him late, they are the ones that do something.
The Champagne is a flat mile, and at one-turn, distance should not be an issue Saturday.
This horse is a serious freak, whether it be just a sprinting freak, Saratoga freak, or a complete freak. He ran splits of 22.2, 23.47, and 23.54. The furlong splits for the final quarter, in order were 11.78 and 11.76. This horse was pretty much running straight 11's through the race and doing it with easy.
The big thing is that with the fractions he ran he should've been seeing stars by that final furlong. Other 2yr olds and older sprinters could barely stand as they wobbled down the stretch, after running such hot fractions over the deep and tiring Saratoga track had taken it's toll on them, and yet this 2YR OLD just keep breezing along like it's nothing!
At first glance his pedigree has so much speed it's hard to imagine him getting longer distances, but with Arch as a stamina influence on the dam side -which is personally where I like to see stamina- there is no reason to think he can't carry his speed.
Indian Charlie out of an Arch mare certainly could get a distance ... we shall see. I also love the way he was motoring the final furlong. It was a thing of beauty!
With a rebel yell- I WANT MO MO MO!!
Is it? Could it be? Yes, ladies and gentleman ... it's Kimness Idol!
i agree...seeing that race was amazing
Writing about a horse that has run one time is kind of stupid, don't you think?
Brian,
That is one reason i'm so enamored with him. Every grade one horse at Saratoga, whether they were sprinters or Classic horses were rubber legged that last furlong. Saratoga being as deep and as tiring as it was this year was taking a visible toll on horses in the final stages of the race, yet he clocked that 11.76 w/o even trying. Amazing.
Petey, on any normal horse maybe. What this horse did at Saratoga was awesome. Look at the final furlongs and quarters for other grade one races, distance or sprints, and compare them to his maiden. He made horses older and much more experience look slow.
You know what Petey, maybe you are right. I will NOT do it tomorrow.
LDP, his finish, both visually and on the clock, was fantastic, but remember it was only six furlongs and with little pressure. Bigger tests are on his horizon.
Indian Charlie has surisingly dropped some good ones. Good luck with your horse, Brian, he looks better than anything out here on the left coast. Jacinto doesn't have the speed to keep up with him at a mile.
After watching this colt, I would say he has a GREAT future ahead of him. He was pulling away like he just broke out!
One Race does not make a career..... let's see what happens when Mo gets headed by other horses in a race.....
awesome race and I can't wait to see more ............
I know it was only six furlongs, but he made other sprinters that were older and in higer ranks look really bad. R Heat Lightning ran a 14 second final furlong in the Spinaway, and I don't believe she was on the pace and then you look at Discreetly Mine who ran a 13 second final furlong. Both races had similar opening fractions but Mo -for one made it look so much easier- plus he on the same track finished 2-3 seconds faster.
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