So You Think - substance or hype ?

[Gamla Stan]

To be fair, the Cox plate form is pretty strong, he earned RPRs of 127 and 128 respectively for those two wins.

The World Throughbred rankings gave him 125 for last year's and Timeform gave him 132.

It's not something I know too much about but three seperate organisations would rate the Cox Plate fairly highly in fairness and I found this an interesting and educational read:

http://betting.betfair.com/horse-racing/world-racing/cox-plate-result-so-you-think-dominates-261010.html

 

[Gamla Stan]

I'd have thought so too, but there was some word earlier this week that he was going to the Curragh.

Indeed, I thought the Irish Derby was all but decided.

 

[Harbinger]

Interesting to note when the Cox Plate actually happens. When So You Think won it as a 3yo in late October 2009, he had only officially turned 3 that August, and as a November foal was still technically a 2yo (he did get a huge WFA allowance, as you would expect). It's a bit like running the Eclipse at the end of March.

 

[Soary Stars]

The RP says SYT goes for the Eclipse next ... Workforce might wait around for him?

You'd not think so.

 

[Harbinger]

Mention of Canford Cliffs too. What a trio that would be.

 

[SteveM]

Mention of Canford Cliffs too. What a trio that would be.

It would… but with the respective ownership of SYT and CC it is much more likely Canford will reappear in the Sussex.

 

[trackside528]

Would Canford Cliffs's (or any top miler for that matter) potential stud value actually be increased that much by a win over 10f?

I understand the obsession with dropping mile and a half horses back to 10f to some extent; does the same apply to milers stepping up? As someone not particularly well-versed in the world of commercial bloodstock I would certainly be interested to hear any views.

 

[SteveM]

Possibly not, although SYT has been hyped so much that his scalp looks good on the CV. Frankel wouldn't look bad either though.

I'd be surprised if they didn't go for the Sussex with Canford, then again they may want to prove he is a little more versatile.