Firing Line Done For 2015
fbwinners
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I was just told that Firing Line is on the shelf the remainder of the year. Looking forward to his 2016 campaign.
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The Wynn has actually dropped him to 20/1 (from 25/1) to win the Breeders Cup Classic, which is ridiculous considering the horse hasn't run in over a year (and was badly beaten the last time he did run).
Incidentally, Dortmund is only being offered @ 10/1, and he can't even stay on the track. Good luck taking that kind of price on him to win a race that's still 5 months away.
Others are even lower. The whole thing is pretty much a joke.
One price did kind of stick out at me though. Melatonin @ 75/1? Locally based, and he already owns an impressive win at the track and distance. He's not out of the question...
Exaggerator doesn't run a lick, but his odds remain unchanged (of course). He's 8/1.
Incidentally, Frosted is now down to 7/1, although after his huge performance on the Met Mile, i would think that he's probably more likely for the Dirt Mile?
Note: The Met Mile is one turn, of course, so not exactly the same thing.
Melatonin still 75/1 as of this morning. I didn't bet it, but I'm probably foolish not to.
Ouch. He kinda makes his own trip and keeps going. There anchor swears he wants further.
http://www.drf.com/news/preview/look-firing-lines-return-san-diego-handicap
Actually the timing is pretty odd. The San Diego is run on July 23, just two weeks later?
Pacific Classic or Saratoga.
I read today they were considering the Whitney @ Saratoga.
That was before today...
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/race/USA/SA/2016/7/9/4/race-4-aoc-at-sa-on-7-9-16
Ouch. No idea what happened to him out there, i can only speculate that he simply wasn't ready to run (and spotted the leaders too much ground while getting boxed in a little bit along the rail). Either that or he got hurt again. No clue.
I mentioned to a friend of mine after the race though, that if Firing Line indeed shows up @ Saratoga for the Whitney (after today's debacle), then i would consider him a major threat in that race. Because it would be a gigantic sign of confidence from Callaghan to put him on a plane and ship him out there for that race after what we saw today. So if he shows up, you'd have to expect that he'll be in tremendous shape and ready to run.
All that being said, i would consider that to be very unlikely at the moment.
Thanks to all concerned about Firing Line's subpar run today. He scoped dirty and had lots of mucus. We will be patient before next run.