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Originally Posted by geeker2
Suppose they decided to take HS from well off the pace in the Classic..would everyone not say they took him out of his best game? Well isn't that exactly what SS has been asked to do his last two races? Race on the pace when his best game is from well off the pace... and yet he won and finished a close second.
Both are good horses and it should make for a great Classic..may the best horse win..but probably some obscure longshot will win in a head scratcher!
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Good horses should be capable of winning races from any sort of position given luck in running. I don't like the fact that so many of the "top" American horses HAVE to be ridden in a certain way if they are going to perform at their best.
I like tactical races, as most of our races are tactical, and i'm pretty sure that (even though SS might be best when closing) Borel would have been murdered by the media over here for giving Hard Spun such an easy lead. Whether it was a prep or whatever, i thought the ride was dreadful if i'm honest. He got within half a length early on....... how much more would it have taken out of him to make HS go one or two strides faster, even if it was just for a furlong or two?
One thing is for sure, SS won't have an easy time closing in the classic.
As Danzig said, i've got a funny feeling that everyone will give HS an uncontested lead, just assuming he will come back to them over 10furlongs. There is every chance that he will steal it from the front and leave everyone else looking rather stupid.