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Old 03-17-2008, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by cmorioles
Fast horses, by my definition at least, by running the whole race fast, not just selected parts. I haven't seen any horse do that yet.

In the races this year, the horses either go too slow early to record a decent final time, or they go fast and collapse. Think about this one...War Emblem won the Derby at 20-1. He'd be about even money against this crop as it stands right now.
I don't think a horse should change their running style just because the pace horses aren't running fast. Synthetic is different than turf. Maybe not polytrack, but synthetic at Hollywood and SA is very different from the turf.

If it was turf, Medici Code could run over it.
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