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I remarked on DWF's Blue Grass because of the tremendous power move that it made (almost last to first all on the turn or starting just before). My BG handicapping eliminated all the early contenders, but unfortunately DWF was not one of the closers I had.
To date DWF has raced 8 times with 3 wins and 3 seconds, 5 times on poly, 1 grass race and two routes on dirt. In the BC Juvenile he was squeezed at start losing all chance. Nonetheless he made up 4 lengths on the turn against 45.2 and 109.6 fractions, a 23.6 fraction, before giving it up. Remember, this was as a raw two year old. The final time adjusted for lengths beaten was about 145.2. In his previous race, also a Grade 1 race on dirt where he was 2nd, his adjusted final time was about 145.4, turn time 24.8 off of 46.6-111.6 fractions. So you can see improvement from race to race on dirt. When he finished 2nd in that race he beat Tamarando (gaining from 3rd to first at the stretch call), his conqueror in the DMR futurity and apparently, a poly only horse (so far). DWF horse went from winning its 2nd ever start right into Grade 1 company with 2 seconds, a win, and the BC debacle. Hardly criteria for dismissal as a one surface performer. He won his NW1x on turf as an early season prep in January.
From limited number of races, Wicked Strong appears to make a little later move than does DWF, launching from a little further back in the pack and not passing horses until into the stretch.
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