Trainer John Kimmel said Friend Or
Foe was in good shape Sunday morning after a fourth-place finish in yesterday’s
Whitney.
The 4-year-old colt gamely held on and missed third by a nose to
late-running Giant Oak after making the Whitney pace for six furlongs.
“I’m glad our horse came back OK, and I’ll keep the
Woodward (September 3) on the radar,” Kimmel said.
Kimmel said he believed the horses in the race didn’t handle the
track well, contributing to the relatively slow final time of 1:52.43 for the 1
1/8 miles.
“It might be the slowest Whitney on record, and these are not
slow horses,” Kimmel said.
Actually, it was the third slowest Whitney since the race was switched
from a mile and a quarter in 1955. Nevertheless, the winner, Tizway, earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 111,
the second best number recorded by a horse this year in the country in races
longer than one mile, second only to Flat Out’s 113 in the Suburban.