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Originally Posted by dalakhani
thank you for the reply. I think Alexander Tango is a cut below based on her converted timeform and last out beyer. Argentina, as you say, always seems unable to win. Royal Highness certainly has a shot and the only other horse would be Rosinka-4 straight wins is hard to ignore.
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I think Rosinka is all dressed up with nowhere to go. The perfect set-ups stop here. Mauralakana ran a much better race when second to her last time.
As for Alexander Tango....I could argue both sides. However, since I have problems with turf speed figures, and think trips and come home times are of the utmost importance, I tend to think she ran exceptionally well. It's almost as though she was in a different race than everyone else. While the leaders were dawdling along on the front end, she was last, and wide all the way around. Yet, against all logic, she mowed them down, getting her final three furlongs in roughly 33 3/5 while racing wide. Pretty impressive if you ask me. It's not as though anyone else gained any perceptable ground in the race.
But, I can also understand someone who takes the other side that it was a slow race full of mediocrities. And, I could also reasonably defend that position. I just don't ultimately feel that way.