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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
I know---I might have put Sun King on this list simply to annoy you.
However...
In the Whitney, he came within a head of beating Invasor...and that was a VERY misleading result...but you already know that, because you're sharp.
Invasor made a bold and totally pre-mature move in that race, Jara sent him inside of Flower Alley just prior to about the 3/4 pole, a move that clearly suggested he thought that he would be ensured of victory if he could simply put Flower Alley away. He wasn't much worried about anyone else.
Invasor was hooked up with Flower Alley for almost five furlongs in that race, very impressively put him away with complete authority at the 1/8th pole, and still had enough left to fight off a DREAM TRIP Sun King. Who could not get passed a very softened up Invasor.
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Sadly I don't particularly disagree. Except you have to stop with the Flower Alley baloney. That horse was never really effective. It was the premature move by Jara into the fast pace that proved Invasor's mettle and not his brief interaction with the finished Flower Alley.
What the Whitney showed really showed was two things....Invasor is a very good horse and good horses can overcome bad riders.