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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Society Selection wasn't coming out of a race like the monumentally slow paced Belmont Stakes, and she is FAR better suited for sprint races than Rags to Riches.
SS was out of the brilliant sprinting dam Love That Jazz (a half to Sea of Secrets), and I believe she won her debut going 5 furlongs at Saratoga.
Rags To Riches is simply not bred to be a sprinter, and acts nothing like a spritner. I said she'd win the Kentucky Oaks after her 7 furlongs MSW win because I felt she looked pretty nice winning that race, and it was painfully obvious she would improve her form tremendously with more ground to work with.
I would bet against her with unbridled enthusiasm if she did run in the Test. Which obviously won't happen.
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Agree completely that SS was much better bred for 7f than Rags, and she did win going short at 2 at Saratoga (I was there that day, she was 31-1 and charged down the center of the track through the slop), but the truth is she might be good enough to win outside of her optimal distance. She won the Las Virgennes at a mile already this year.