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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
Tueflesberg beat Hard Spun fair and square in the Southwest.
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My friend, there was nothing "fair and square" about the Southwest Stakes.
The winner took advantge of an uncontested early lead, through comically slow fractions, over what was unquestionably an inside-speed biased racetrack. That same day, a Lukas maiden parlayed the same circumstances, over the same track, into a jaw-dropping 107 Beyer.
Meanwhile, Hard Spun, who was on the early lead in every career start, was taken in hand hard as soon as the gates opened, rated wide and off the comically slow pace, and raced against the grain of everything.
However, the start prior in the stake at the Fairgrounds---Hard Spun beat Tueflesberg by something like 9 lengths---in that race---things were a lot more fair and a lot more square.