Winning 6 or 7 days later?
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Winning 6 or 7 days later?
Has there been a horse that’s won a race(stakes or Grade) then 6 - 7 days later, win again at the same level?
Re: Winning 6 or 7 days later?
Slew83 wrote:Has there been a horse that’s won a race(stakes or Grade) then 6 - 7 days later, win again at the same level?
Conquistador Cielo won the Met Mile against older horses in very impressive fashion and 5 days later won the Belmont Stakes by 14 in 1982.
Many great horses in the past ran hard and often i.e every week in many instances and sometimes 3-5 days later.
The Derby Trial used to be 5 days before the Derby and many used it as a prep/tightner for the big race. The times have changed and the modern thoroughbred simply doesn't have the durability of horses from 20+ years back.
Re: Winning 6 or 7 days later?
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The horses in the lower level claiming ranks still tend to race more often than stakes horses. Some trainers want to get rid of them ASAP and I 've seen some run every week or every 2 weeks. Standardbreds usually race every 2 weeks; I think trotting or pacing the race is less hard on the horse than galloping with a rider on it's back.
Joey P. steps up, stays perfect, in Jersey Shore
Five days after annexing a six-furlong allowance race, three-year-old Joey P. made his stakes debut a winning one as he overpowered four other sophomores in the $130,000 Jersey Shore Breeders’ Cup Stakes (G3) on Monday at Monmouth Park
http://thoroughbredtimes.com/todaysnews ... 2&subsec=2
Five days after annexing a six-furlong allowance race, three-year-old Joey P. made his stakes debut a winning one as he overpowered four other sophomores in the $130,000 Jersey Shore Breeders’ Cup Stakes (G3) on Monday at Monmouth Park
http://thoroughbredtimes.com/todaysnews ... 2&subsec=2