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Originally Posted by NTamm1215
Saying that a wire-to-wire win over a sloppy track when so many of her foes didn't fire and she shortened stride during slow final fractions is a powerful enough performance to be considered one of four Derby prospects is dicey in my opinion. It is, of course, your list.
At least you had Colonel John on your list who looks like he might be able to get 10 furlongs. I'm highly skeptical of your other three.
NT
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It's often a convenient excuse to say that so many foes didn't fire because of the sloppy track. They said the same thing about War Pass. They said the same thing about Smarty Jones in his Derby. How come it's only the good horses that fire under those circumstances? I could see if she dramatically outran her form due to the slop but she didn't. The race played out EXACTLY like it was predicted to had the race been on dry land. Same thing with the Juvenile. Neither race was won oddly. This wasn't like Easy Goer thrashing Is It True a few times and then Is It True turning the tables on the off track in the Juvenile.
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