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Originally Posted by somerfrost
You know better than that, there were at least two quality horses (beside Lava Man) in the race....this was pure guts, giving 9 pounds and the horse had an easy lead off 1:13+ fraction...of course he's gonna be tough in the stretch. I sure didn't see anything impressive in the Suburban today!
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totally disagree, very soft pace set up things well for Lava Man, and gave APX a shot. Any type of honest pace and its another story.
not saying Lava man doesn't have guts, he does. but I sorta look at it like he is the best of a so-so bunch out there.
who were the quality horses in that field?
as bad as the Suburban field was I think it had better quality. no claimers. with a wimpy pace like that fairbanks would have wired that field. 2:00.5 final time in the Suburban versus 2:03 and change in the Gold cup. hmmm.
and people are always totally stumped why Lava Man doesn't win when he travels. it's not that complicated.