Did anyone watch America Alive Sat.?

[skeenan]

America Alive ran the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Downs on Saturday... I don't follow turf runners (*no idea* who he is), but that was one of the most exciting races I've watched!! He came from all the way back, dead last all by himself, to win it!!

I was impressed, anyway!!

[Denise]

I did, Skeenan, because all of our runners in our small string are turfers.
I was happy to see this horse make such a great late run, because I really liked his deceased sire, American Chance. He died fairly young, so I hope his best are yet to come and will show more grass propensity. With Alydar in the broodmare sire position, and Alydar becoming a good turf influence, this was a long shot pick we should have had.
I hope someday our youngsters will be the upset long shot in a big turf race like this.

[skeenan]

That's cool! Thanks for the background info, too...

I esp. liked watching the arial replay- the jockey did an excellent job (in my humble opinion) working him through the holes. One looked like it was almost going to close, but he made it through cleanly...

[hdembski]

America had a great Pedigree and if you look at his form, it was clear he was a horse on the improve and maturing nicely. I had him and i'm sure he'll be a force on turf with continued improvement.