With the 3 Preps in the review mirror, we have to be really inspired with the talents of Dortmund, Carpe Diem and even Frosted in their victories.  No doubt that Dortmund has been facing the toughest competition on a regular basis – but the big question is– has he been doing too much too soon.  Carpe Diem has had two nice races with his Blue Grass being a beautiful “in-line move” forward that suggest both great health and development.  As for Frosted, we cannot help but realize he ran a giant TOP at the Wood.  Actually, of the 3 Preps, his was both the fastest in earning the best number a 78.8 to Dormund 78.0 and Carpe Diem 77.8.  But beyond the big number, he also had a difficult trip, 3 wide on both turns and against the inside favoring bias…  We will be talking more about all of this and more over the next few weeks and in my Seminar at Texas Station or you can catch me in the late afternoon at Sam’s Town…

Our best wishes for a Happy Holiday

The three preps were really interesting, with Carpe Diem and Dortmund really impressing in the victories.   The Wood seemed less impressive, interestingly, the Wood has been very impressive for the past few years with terrible results.  So now that today’s lackluster Wood has produced a winner in Frosted that seemed very slow to me, maybe we have a ‘late developing closer” that needs some consideration as well.  But there is now doubt about the high quality efforts of both Dortmund and Carpe Diem…

One lingering doubt to throw at Dortmund, he seems to be a horse that is keen early and prefers to run on the front end, I wonder if that is an extra barrel to jump,  We will be talking more later… Also, Bolo does not appear to go further than a 1 Mile distance on the dirt, but again I thought he showed some class.