Gammalite Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Well that was a poor performance by Krug tonight, Has had a poor year as a five year old , and instead of being top-liner , he looks a stallion cheat. Has been racing fierce then giving up . young Carter tries to give him time to balance , then roll forward, but he doesn't settle. Krug took control of Tony Herlihy in the Great Northern Derby that time, racing lengths clear of the field. did see it out and win but he seem's always a difficult drive. Great looking horse , but do you guys think his winning days are finished ? with this now consistant racing like a Hot-head cheat Stallion ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the galah Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 (edited) 10 hours ago, Gammalite said: Well that was a poor performance by Krug tonight, Has had a poor year as a five year old , and instead of being top-liner , he looks a stallion cheat. Has been racing fierce then giving up . young Carter tries to give him time to balance , then roll forward, but he doesn't settle. Krug took control of Tony Herlihy in the Great Northern Derby that time, racing lengths clear of the field. did see it out and win but he seem's always a difficult drive. Great looking horse , but do you guys think his winning days are finished ? with this now consistant racing like a Hot-head cheat Stallion ?? The dalgety stable had been quoted in the media as saying they were hoping to see a statement performance from the horse to ensure he got a spot in the grins race. Therefore you wouldn't be surprised if they had trained him in a way that would mean that he had an aggressive mindset. The horse has been known to over race previously and last night they took the ear plugs off and added the blinds. The vision of him pre race where dalgety couldn't pull him uop in his prelimanary indicated it was as much the trainer not getting it quite right,as much as it was the horses fault. So maybe a bit of that along with what you say about stallions. Edited March 31, 2023 by the galah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 2 hours ago, the galah said: The dalgety stable had been quoted in the media as saying they were hoping to see a statement performance from the horse to ensure he got a spot in the grins race. Therefore you wouldn't be surprised if they had trained him in a way that would mean that he had an aggressive mindset. The horse has been known to over race previously and last night they took the ear plugs off and added the blinds. The vision of him pre race where dalgety couldn't pull him uop in his prelimanary indicated it was as much the trainer not getting it quite right,as much as it was the horses fault. So maybe a bit of that along with what you say about stallions. The blinds were taken off at the start . It has been reported that a vet inspection has shown a respiratory infection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the galah Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Richie said: The blinds were taken off at the start . It has been reported that a vet inspection has shown a respiratory infection. Which just proves my point doesn't it. Obviously they took them off because of what he had done in the preliminary. Any trainer makes gear changes with the best of intentions, but sometimes they get it wrong. Looked pretty obvious from what we saw on tackside pre start that the horse had used an awful lot of energy before the start of the race,when he had the blinds on. As you said,the stipes report said early signs of a respiratory infection,and poor recovery.. Again,the poor recovery would have been a result of the energy expended before it even started,then having to run a race where it burnt very hard early,then he over raced. What horse wouldn't have a poor recovery in those circumstances? As to the early signs of a respiratory infection. The day of the race there was a write up on the HRNZ website in which dalgety was quoted as being very confident in his horse being in the right condition for a top run. Early signs of a respiratory infection, Whats does that mean anyway. Did he cough,which could have another cause,or did he have a runny nose. I posted a couple of months ago that i thought krug's somewhat inconsistent performances over the last 12 months were an indication of the very hard racing hes had earlier in his career.He put up some wonderful runs as a young horse,but as to current expectations,well he should be rated on how he is running recently,and not what he did when he was younger. Thats my opinion. Some no doubt may disagree. Edited April 1, 2023 by the galah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleface adios Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 27 minutes ago, the galah said: Early signs of a respiratory infection, Whats does that mean anyway. doesn't it mean it has got a virus . you should know that lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the galah Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, paleface adios said: doesn't it mean it has got a virus . you should know that lol What are you trying to say hunter? If your trying to say that you believe the horse having the early stages of a respiratory infection/virus, was the reason he performed poorly,then thats for you to think.. I will stick with what the horse did pre start as more of a factor.I thought it was obvious myself..I've given my thoughts on why that happened. Just common sense . Have you heard the saying "pulling themselves into the ground". There is a reason for that saying....you should know that lol Edited April 1, 2023 by the galah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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