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Originally Posted by GPK
Would love to see some quotes from R.B. on what he was thinking aboard Monterey Jazz.
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RUSSELL BAZE, MONTEREY JAZZ, TWELFTH AS 7-2 FAVORITE:
“The first three-eighths he was very relaxed. He picked up the bit and was running along nice and relaxed. But just before we got to the first turn, he grabbed the bit and jumped up into it. They told me the harder you pull on him, the faster he is going to go. So I was trying to talk him out of it, but he wouldn’t take no for an answer. He just went.
He did take a breather around the second turn. I looked back and I was seven or eight lengths in front. I was hoping when I gathered him up, he would jump back up into the bit for me, but he just never gave me anything. He was spent at that point.
I know the track hasn’t been favoring speed, but you can’t use that as an excuse because everybody else ran over it. A speed horse on any track has to win or lose on his own ability. If he would have relaxed today and run a perfect race, I think he would have been a tough horse to beat. So I think he kind of cost himself the race. I can’t blame it on the track.”