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Originally Posted by MisterB
OK, what does the other derby preps have anything to do with this one? Evidence of what, he doesn't like poly tracks. he disagrees with the bettors and the President of Keeneland. What point did he make, other than cry like a baby about the poly.
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It pretty much has everything to do with the other Derby preps. The way I read it is that you cant seriously take very much out of this race because of the way it was run. He infers that it had something to do with the Polytrack, but I would have felt the same way if they ran this on dirt, pavement, rocks, whatever. I would not advance Dominican on my board or push Street Sense or Great Hunter back because of this race. As Andy points out, it turned into a walk around the track because the jocks didnt want to push their charges knocking the anti speed bias at Keeneland now. That turned the race into a sprint to the finish and that is not gonna happen on Derby Day. The first 1/2 will be ticked off around 0:47, not 0:51.2 like Saturday.
Other preps were run closer to form and therefore, more credibility has to be placed on them than the Blue Grass...actually that's no different than last year's Blue Grass. I drew a line through the field for the race because it was an absolute speed race. This year is a different reason to knock it.