Upon first viewing i certainly thought he was too far back on Octave especially, but when viewing the race a couple of times since, he was actually in the best place possible. Many horses were getting in eachother's way in the group that was bunched up and it seems like many of the jocks made their moves far too early. The kickback was terrible. Gomez was probably in the best place pssible for a closer.
When i watched the race live, i was like "Octave would have won" but seeing it since, i agree with DrugS, Octave looks to be a hanger for me. She closed strongly to start with but in the final furlong she seemed to give in with her effort. Either she was tired or she didn't feel like going any further on her own. If there was a horse closing with her we might have seen a much closer finish.
Best two horses on the day finished first and second in this race.
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