El Areeb (3-Year-Old Colt)
Date: March 17, 2017
Track: LAUREL PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 51:40 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 22/28
stark wrote:Classic Empire, the Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old male of last year, refused to break off for an apparent workout Sunday at Palm Meadows, and as of Monday he has worked just once, on March 12, since his third-place finish in the Holy Bull Stakes on Feb. 4. His next intended start, the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on April 8, is now just 19 days away.
Calls placed by Daily Racing Form on Sunday and Monday to trainer Mark Casse and his son and assistant, Norman, had not been returned as of noon Eastern on Monday.
http://www.drf.com/news/classic-empire- ... fuses-work
peeptoad wrote:For me CE is a write off as far as Derby goes. Too many issues and setbacks and it sounds like he still isn't over them. Time is short; he could do everything perfectly from this point forward and I still wouldn't bet him.
Tessablue wrote:peeptoad wrote:For me CE is a write off as far as Derby goes. Too many issues and setbacks and it sounds like he still isn't over them. Time is short; he could do everything perfectly from this point forward and I still wouldn't bet him.
Same; he'd be iffy even without these issues. A horse refusing to work, especially a horse with known issues, is a major red flag. Would rather see them back off of him.
BaroqueAgain1 wrote:Really impressed by the way he won. He also has one of the longest necks I've seen.
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