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Old 08-04-2006, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay
Also, St. Liam's performance against GZ that day was not as good as it seems. GZ was in the deepest part of the track, and as far as ability goes, St. Liam didn't even come close to GZ.
That's not the way I remember it. The 2 horses were right next to each other (and both very wide) for the last half of the race. If one was in the "deepest part of the track", then so was the other.

If there is a reason to think St Liam's performance wasn't as good as it seemed, it would be because he was leaning on GZ for most of the stretch. Personally, I don't buy that. It was an outstanding performance by 2 superb horses. If I remember correctly, they both earned 114 BSF's that day. But with the wide turn they ran, the adjusted fig was probably as good as GZ's 120's in other races.

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