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Old 02-10-2008, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Danzig
not necessarily. plenty of times i have seen people make a statement that a horse who won with ease could have run faster if asked. and quite often that turns out to be incorrect.
Because most people do not have that perception ability. The common mistake is when a speed horse wins in hand and the thought is he could have gone faster... However when a horse runs an exceptionally fast finish fraction, in most cases they could in fact have gone faster.

Pyro could go out in a week and best that time in the morning, if someone were to offer his connections enough money.
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