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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
That's pretty funny.
If Indian Blessing rates in hand - instead of being strangled - she'd have gone faster - BUT, so would Proud Spell...the rider would have to use her to keep her in a stalking position.
There is no way Indian Blessing would have a 5 length lead in that race unless she was put to a drive....using her speed takes PS out of her dream trip and forces her to chace and finish.
I know you defended Gomez's strangling rides on Hard Spun in the Belmont and his ride on Dream Rush that day to a lesser extent - who won back to back Grade 1's for Coa in her next two.
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Yeah on Dream Rush everybdy was crying about how he went too fast, pretty much the same strategy everyone wants him to do here. I have no love or hate for Gomez. He has rode one horse for me that I can remember, won a stake at Churchill on a horse that was a runoff just like IB.
What makes you think that PS couldnt chase and outfinish IB? IB ran the 3/4's a second faster than the LA Derby which means that PS was roughly 3/5 or 4/5 faster and still ran her down easily.