Found has run well on everything from ‘Heavy’ going to ‘Good-to-Firm’. However she has never run on the SoCal flavor of ‘Firm’ going she is likely to encounter at Santa Anita.
Coolmore haven’t been afraid to roll the dice and enter stone cold turf runners in the Classic in the past. The results have been varied; Some acquitted themselves well; the nose hair loss of Giant’s Causeway to Tiznow, Declaration of War’s losing by a neck in a three way tussle with Mucho Macho Man and Will Take Charge, and Henry the Navigator’s 2nd to Raven’ Pass (the latter of course will have an asterisk, as it was on Polytrack).
Others left a lot to be desired, like Gleneagles last year (has he finished yet?).
Most finished mid-pack, i.e didn’t disgrace themselves, but never looked like winning, Galileo, So You Think, George Washington, Hold that Tiger etc.
I find it odd that they would enter Found in the Classic though, because she is a filly. Talking a chance with a colt makes sense, if they win they hit the jackpot and their proven G1 winning turf horse is now also the winner of the biggest G1 WFA dirt race and their stud value gets a serious bump and opens up the US market. If they put Found in the Classic, then it is purely for sporting reasons, as they’re not likely to ever sell her or any of her offspring.
So if I signed up w/ TwinSpires, do I automatically get their video, and do they broadcast all the races - live?
