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If one were to judge the chances of Aidan O’Brien-trained overseas shippers by the way they looked during their first morning training session at a new venue, one would think they never won.
Almost without fail, the animals sweat profusely and don’t, to most observers, look good at all. Last summer at Arlington Park, for instance, Cape Blanco and Treasure Beach came off the track on a morning only mildly hot absolutely dripping with sweat following moderate exercise. A few days later, Cape Blanco won the Arlington Million, Treasure Beach the Secretariat.
So, while there are many reasons to doubt the O’Brien-trained Daddy Long Legs in the Kentucky – his 12th-place finish here last fall in the BC Juvenile, the dreaded one hole on Saturday - the fact that he sweated heavily Friday morning when seeing the racetrack for the first time since arriving here early Wednesday morning probably is not one of them.
“It’s his first day out there and he’s fresh,” said O’Brien assistant T.J. Comerford, who will saddle Daddy Long Legs on Saturday since O’Brien is attending the English 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. “He did do his trot around there. I wouldn’t worry about (the sweating).”
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Class always prevails! Need to see him before betting him. Has all the ingredients to win this race even from the one hole. Should go off @ 35-1 and is worth every penny.
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He was sweating before the UAE Derby in Dubai too. Matter of fact that's all the race announcers were talking about in the last couple of minutes before the race. He ran great there. As the assistant trainer said, I wouldn't worry about the sweating.
Hey Marcus Hersch, why don't you talk about the "dreaded" 9, 14, 12, 19, and 17 posts all of which haven't won a race in the last 37 years.
The 1, 6 , 11, 13, and 18 all have won 1 race in the last 37 years.
So tell me, why does the 1 post get all the bad press? I just mentioned 9 posts that are equally as bad or worse as far as winning the race goes
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He looked GREAT galloping!
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