horse never lifted a hoof, even saved every inch of ground and not even a slight late move.....we need more articles like that one.

Yeah, but it was a key race, so what did you expect.

They need to breed her back to Indian Charlie...

Or maybe even Saarland.

not sure if you're joking around, but it could turn out to be a key race.
several of the others were flying along and looked sharp.

Bet the one horse when he runs on real dirt.

I honestly think predicting races will be key races is about as laughably a stupid concept as I have ever heard in racing.

Key races, by their very nature, can't be uncovered until horses run back. And, furthermore, a true key race is NOT ( necessarily ) one where two or more horses win their following starts.

But, hey, people should believe what they want to believe.

Supposed "key" races usually have a lot more to do with where the trainers spot the horses next out. I think these days, the only real edge is if you think a race is getting a speed figure that comes back lower than the horses are capable of running, for whatever reason.

Right, there are so many factors involved, and as usual, people oversimplify them, mostly because they're lazy, and miss out on what's really good ( while falling prey to what is bad ).

of course, did someone call it a key race beforehand?

Not if you use the ignore button correctly.

i thought zaftigs msw win at gs was a key race..i was correct......

oh, now i see where that came from. i guess my eye has developed a built-in auto-ignore because i had passed right over that one.

Garden State is still open? I thought it was turned into a shopping center.

zing!

gulf stream..:rolleyes:

I would have to look at the subsequent efforts from the other horses in the race. Which horses in the race ran significantly better in their NEXT start?

5 next out winners maybee 6

[quote=ArlJim78]finished up the track, what a shocker.[
i actually was shocked.. thought he'd run a lot better then that.

How much better did they run in their following starts? Were any of the wins on turf? In maiden claiming races? On polytrack? Sloppy tracks? Cheaper tracks?

Based on what?