#curlin

Rags to Riches (left) duels with Curlin in the 2007 Belmont Stakes.

Curlin

Two things that I'm wondering after today's racing:

Does Kenny McPeek regret not running Thorpedo Anna in the Belmont?

We know that he's been bullish about her, and I was prepared to hand her massive credit after the Oaks but honestly? I think the Acorn was an even better performance. Mystik Dan's race was bad enough that I'm basically throwing it out, like I said right after I don't know if it's just that Arkansas Derby - Kentucky Derby - Preakness - Belmont just got to be too much...he already skipped the Rebel so as to avoid racing too much, too close together. Seize the Grey was the only other one to come in off that tight a schedule and he completely fell apart after being a part of the pace. But Thorpedo Anna would've come in off of 5weeks off, same as Dornoch, Sierra Leone and Honor Marie. We're expecting her to run in the Alabama so ten furlongs doesn't seem to concern anyone

2. Any chance of Cogburn trying to ship to Europe?

I feel like I read after the last win by Cogburn on Derby day that that race might be some kind of in to the race at Royal Ascot....any regret on them staying here for this? Taking the Caravel route, so to speak. As far as I know Asmussen's never sent a horse to Europe although there was talk a zillion years ago that Curlin might have gone to the Arc if he had won the Man o'War....and considering he ran worse over the synthetic at Santa Anita it might've been an interesting experiment if not for Red Rocks. Of course, Cogburn's a different animal that we know likes the grass (like, so much lol). So I doubt it, but it's fun to wonder. I'm pretty out of the loop with the racing abroad this year so I don't know who he'd be up against either. I was impressed with California Spangled in Dubai but have no clue where he is now/pointing at next/etc. And certainly it's not a given that our best turf sprinters can compete over there....look at Golden Pal