Irrational dislike for Pyro - Pace and Cap

Tim Y · 08-22-2008, 01:16 PM

Pyro is a good three year old. A "come from the clouds" closer with
decelerations much akin to a turf horse. You would have expected him
to possibly like Keeneland, but he got de-railed, and the pace there
was not like Louisianna. The type that, WITH LUCK, comes through a
bulky field, usually having to change course a number of times,
compromising that late run in unpredictable ways. I have found that ON
DIRT, these types have to have a huge advantage in total energy over a
field to make up the loss ground and multiple lane changes they will
be expected to make to get to the wire.

William Quirin lamented these types as they are NOT part of the pace,
the rider has to move at exactly the right time (a best guess) and the
aforementioned traffic has to be clear. Three strikes against them
before they load in the gate.

His Fair Grounds races, where he got really slow intermediate
fractions, have never been repeated. His atypical race, The Jim Dandy,
showed him moving in the second fraction, only to have a notable
deficit in third. In the field he faces tomorrow (on a track kind to
the front end) he projects being FAR back, if he runs his typcial
race, and it would be questionable if the rider tries to make a silk purse out
of his sow's ear style, the result could be disastrous.

Now I have witnessed many a good closer get up: Runaway Groom caught
Conquistador and Aloma's Ruler in the Travers, BUT that was in a field
of 6...

Maybe that dislike is not so irrational after all.

08-22-2008, 01:16 PM	#1
Tim Y turf historian Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 6,455	Irrational dislike for Pyro Pyro is a good three year old. A "come from the clouds" closer with decelerations much akin to a turf horse. You would have expected him to possibly like Keeneland, but he got de-railed, and the pace there was not like Louisianna. The type that, WITH LUCK, comes through a bulky field, usually having to change course a number of times, compromising that late run in unpredictable ways. I have found that ON DIRT, these types have to have a huge advantage in total energy over a field to make up the loss ground and multiple lane changes they will be expected to make to get to the wire. William Quirin lamented these types as they are NOT part of the pace, the rider has to move at exactly the right time (a best guess) and the aforementioned traffic has to be clear. Three strikes against them before they load in the gate. His Fair Grounds races, where he got really slow intermediate fractions, have never been repeated. His atypical race, The Jim Dandy, showed him moving in the second fraction, only to have a notable deficit in third. In the field he faces tomorrow (on a track kind to the front end) he projects being FAR back, if he runs his typcial race, and it would be questionable if the rider tries to make a silk purse out of his sow's ear style, the result could be disastrous. Now I have witnessed many a good closer get up: Runaway Groom caught Conquistador and Aloma's Ruler in the Travers, BUT that was in a field of 6... Maybe that dislike is not so irrational after all.