Brisnet.com: Pletcher Pointing Uncle Mo Towards King's Bishop at Saratoga

The seven furlong Grade 1 King's Bishop will run on Travers Day (August 27th).

11 months ago Matt Gardner 7 comments 0 recs |

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I wonder

if Pletcher is using this as a workout while hoping to place or really trying to be UM to win after alreay working him back into elite form? I haven’t seen any of his workouts so I’m just speculating at this point.

by TFTribe on Jul 12, 2011 2:57 PM EDT reply actions

Aaaand he has no workouts listed in Equibase

So I’m really not sure what to make of it.

by TFTribe on Jul 12, 2011 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, he's not even ready for a work at this time...

so tough to know if he’ll be ready to run in five to six weeks.

I’d love to see him come back and add a little added star power to the mix at the end of the year but I wonder about his fitness level given how little he’s actually raced since last November. The Timely Writer, the Wood and….nothing. He’s essentially had one real race in over nine months.

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by Matt Gardner on Jul 12, 2011 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Seems really really optimistic to me

I mean if he doesn’t even have a clocked workout you’d think that he’s still just chillin. I’d guess that means hes got 5 weeks to prep and five workouts to run: 2×4f; 1×5f; 1×6f. I’d also guess that he’s at an off track training facility right now and is probably breezing quarters, if he’s even at that point yet.

by TFTribe on Jul 12, 2011 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Just read this today at DRF

apparently he galloped 1 1/4 miles at SAR this morning. Reading Pletcher’s comments about the schedule, it doesn’t seem like he’s going to get a ton of work during the next few weeks.

I agree with you, seems like a really optimistic goal.

"A bad day at the track is better than a good day at the office."

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by Matt Gardner on Jul 12, 2011 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions