Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
I'm not sure what needs explaining. I watched all of the races yesterday, a few times and in my opinion outside was the better path.
In the first race, a Sadler horse ran his eyeballs out (surprise, surprise), the pace setter finished second and a hopeless longshot down the center of the track got up for third, while the O'neill horse who stayed on the rail wasn't moving as well and finished 5th.
In the 3rd, the winner made a wide move on the turn and wore down the winner.
Then you have Zenyatta and Stardom Bound who would have won wherever they were on the track, but still, they were out wide.
The winner of the Ancient Title is another Sadler, so obviously you have to take him with a grain of salt, but again, 4 wide move into the turn. Took over and just held off Street Boss. Street Boss was in the right place on the track.
In the Goodwood, the first 4 finishers all were out in the center of the track.
In the last, the winner, second place finisher and 4th place finisher all out wide or in the center of the track. Even the horse that just got up for 3rd was pretty wide.
All of the jockeys are moving wide. It's kind of like Keeneland in that aspect. If Smith was the only one doing it, I might be able to see a gripe, but when they are all doing it, it just seems unfounded.
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