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Originally Posted by pgardn
The wide trips dont matter when you run the leader runs the first 6f in 1:15.37 and the mile in 1:40... the stumble was negated by the incredibly slow pace. It allowed her to settle and be perfectly comfortable. A stumle like that in the Derby would have been lights out, and we may never have seen this filly run against the males again.
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I have no idea why you would think this? Ground loss is ground loss regardless of pace. Running further than your rivals is a disadvantage period. The stumbling instance may be negated by a slower pace because she did not have to work hard to catch up. But simple physics says that 4 wide is 4 wide no matter the speed you are doing it at.