DAN THE MAN

Wonder if there is something wrong with him. He should have been in the july and if he was in the summer cup he would have won it hands down. He beat Aslan comfortably before. Now they nominate him for the met. I think this horses career might have been ruined. I hope I am proven wrong as I really think this is/was a top horse in the making.

He (Dan De Lago) is running on Saturday at Turffontein

I would imagine he was kept well away from the Gauteng graded races to maintain the low weight he will come into the Met with as merely a Gr2 winner.

Im sure the Met has always been Charles Lairds long term aim for this horse.
I stand to be corrected, but i don't think he has ever won it.

He would have given Aslan 3,5kg if he had run on Sat, after beating him 2.25l at levels in the KZN Derby.

Should be another good clash with Seattle Ice

It also seems to me that Dan has been saved specifically for the Met, a race for which he would be well weighted as a non Gr 1 winner. Unless Pocket Power is at his best, of course, because then nothing else would be well weighted at all!

Seattle Ice not in the same class as dan de largo

Dan de largo better than Oracy
time for the laird stable to come clean....

Dan de Largo has a natural long stride..
always runs well..
fit or not...
will be there..

Good call AW...

with oracy that ran the other day...
they now have a line via oracy..
dan de largo plays with oracy...
all the big races...july...etc...
here comes dan de largo...

Everything plays with Oracy in work, so that per se proves nothing. Dan had a nice blowout today and is doubtless a good horse, but don't go overboard with the Oracy story.

I say..........

Bring on Dan de Lago, Oracy, Aslan or anything JHB or KZN has.....Let them come try wrestle the Cape Crown away from PP.

You have more chance of mickey mouse falling pregnant to goofy's love child!!!

dont be so sure..
go see the Dan De largo form...
study...
watch this animal improve..
his stride...
thats what makes him a champion...
the stride...

Its going to be a very interesting Cape Summer season. All I hope for is that PP stays sound and enjoys his racing for one more year. He has done everything they asked of him and that is more than anyone could wish for!

PP you beaty!!

PP for president