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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Sorry man, but that horse doesn't "get going" at all. He only won the Belmont because he plodded along in last pace behind a supersonic pace (when you factor in the distance and kind of horses running that distance) High Finance was outsprinted for the lead in that race!
He is mistaken for a marathoner. Getting enough pace was far more important than having enough distance with him.
He made Giacomo look like Spectacular Bid. |
Check his fractions, the horse can run between 24 and 25 for every two furlongs of the race regardless of the distance. The pace was never relevant for him, it was getting enough distance that 24-25 fractions could compete. You can call that plodding if you want or you can call it endurance. Really the same thing. He was hardly a superstar but he doesn't deserve the ridicule anymore than the thousands of G1 winning horses that are distance challenged do. The emphasis on speed over stamina in the game is ridiculous.