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Judy the Beauty ran well considering Luis Saez was never on her before. I wonder if JV would have made the difference. I hope she comes back next year.
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Having touted him as much as you did, I'd be monumentally thrilled with the ride and performance. |
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The crew from Coolmore? Better?
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The correct answer of which horse ran the best race in defeat? The Fugue
I don't know about "impressive" though, because she was expected to run very well. The Turf Sprint was an absolutely terrible race. 13th (and last) place beaten just 6 lengths. 10th place beaten just 4 lengths. The final time was almost as slow as a 2yo race over the same course earlier in the day. |
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Isolate Will Take Charge on video and watch it again...
Saez pushes him along on the first turn, to keep Palace Malice from coming over on him, then has to ease him back to avoid heels in front. He then looks completely all-in about a third of the way around the far turn, where it seems impossible for him to come on and get a slice. Saez keeps him going, angles out to the widest point only in the last third of the far turn, and just never gives up on him. Remarkable run for a horse making his 13th start in 12.5 months. I wasn't arguing before that any one horses was more impressive than another in defeat, because well, you really just can't pick one. In the Classic itself, while they don't pay it that way, I felt like three horses won. |
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Pat will like this one...just did some rough work ... thinking of writing an article on it for TimeformUS. In the Juvenile, I these were the pace figures I have for the 3/4 mile and the finish for the top 3, 0-100 scale:
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Havana 82 72 Strong Mandate 84 71 New Year's Day 76 73 Code:
Havana 91 81 Strong Mandate 93 79 New Year's Day 81 79
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Those were very tough races to do, and it is really hard to imagine the field was that bad. I know Beyer commented he didn't trust the times. I don't think there is a problem with them to be honest, but that race is a tough call any way you cut it.
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Any guess on what happened in the Champagne?
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riders for courses would be an advantage. why else would they have changed jocks for animal kingdoms last? now, it didn't help in that situation, but we've all seen races where a horse was impaired because of a jocks lack of experience at a track.
if i was bringing over a euro, you can bet your behind i'd want the best american jock on him. surface switch is one thing, race riding is different, pace is different, hell, direction is different. a u.s. jock could only have helped DOW. |
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I'll check him out tomorrow and post.
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I would have had a $30 trifecta if Havana lasted. The Tri paid $476.10 for a $1 with him second. Gary Stevens never went to the whip on him. I don't know if that was by instruction or not ... but I was certainly counting the money on the far turn. It's a damn shame that race wasn't run on Friday. |
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Horrible ride.
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