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Originally Posted by NoChanceToDance
Were you watching with your eyes shut? 
He set a strong pace, which should have suited the closers. He was bustled up with a couple of Aidan O'Brien horses, but he fought them off and kept pulling out more and more. Rio De La Plata had every chance but was not good enough.
Didn't you see Kevin Manning drop his hands and begin to ease him before the line? If a horse getting eased before the line isn't a good victory, what do you expect? To see him power away and win 12 lengths?
I'm sure if you were to see him close up you'll see what an achievement it is for him to be this good as a 2yo, he isn't made to be a 2yo and he certainly isn't bred to make a 2yo.
I can assure you that whatever he does this year, he will be at least twice as good next year. He is a big, unfurnished colt.
The further he goes the better he will be. If that race was over a mile yesterday he would have won about 3 1/2 lengths.
He is far from ordinary...... that is for sure. He has beaten Rio De La Plata and Myboycharlie comfortably, now if that is just "ordinary" form you really need to lower your standards. |
the dropping of the hands occurred so close to the wire as to be meaningless, like 15 yards or or so. only when he was finally sure that he wasn't going to be caught.
what would concern me is the proceeding 1.5 furlongs which consisted of near frantic urging by the rider and I lost count of the number of cracks of the whip that were used to seal this "comfortable" victory. the rider appeared anything but confident or comfortable until he hit the wire.
as someone else pointed out he has an odd head movement that you have to think causes some loss of efficiency.
what I saw was a horse that was clearly the best that day, but not such a stand-out that its inconcievable that the tables won't be turned on him this year or next.
we'll have to see.