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Originally Posted by the_fat_man
I just took a long look at the replay, trying to reconcile what I saw with my attached chart of the race. WHile, outside is the best place to be coming home on the turf, I think that Samyn did the best he could in the stretch under the circumstances. There was no way he was getting outside from where he entered the stretch ---there was a wall of horses there. Where he possibly blew the race was on the turn, when the 10 blew by him and he was stuck behind a horse that was backing up on the rail and had to then follow the 10, who got the garden trip up the rail entering and to the wire. This is typical Samyn chickenshit riding: the inside on the turn on the turf is even more alien to him than it is to Johnny V. Then again, a good deal of this is racing luck.
This is what sucks about the game (especially on the turf): you bet with conviction against the even money shot, getting more than fair odds, and can't even get a clear run in the race.
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i think this sums it up pretty well. sometimes its about making sure you don't run into bad luck like he did when he got shuffled back on the turn.
i'm impressed with that horse though. he looks to me like he has real good stamina.