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Originally Posted by dalakhani
CSC I think you need to go over to Youtube and watch the race again. MDO's running style was being up and on the lead. War Emblem made the early move inside so he moved to repulse the bid. He kept MDO in the 2-3 path the whole way. The only reason Sarava was on the outside is because he was the 12 horse and Edgar kept him outside. Im reasonably sure that most any jockey would not be worried about the 70-1 shot on the outside. Kent rode to instructions and Frankel said after the race there was no problem with the ride. The only reason he lost the mount was because Frankel kept MDO at Saratoga for the summer and Bailey was his Go to Guy on the east coast.
As far as being 1-6, you want me to throw out half the races with lame excuses. In his second to Candy Ride, he got smoked and he finished second because it was a four horse field. He finished second to PP twice. Yes another nice horse but i dont think as good as MDO up to 9f. I think MDO only lost one race up to 9f (the wood).
So what do the numbers tell me? Without subjectively picking your way through, MDO was a horse that was great up 9f and not great beyond.
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I respectively disagree. I will concede one part he was probably at his best at 1 1 /8. However that doesn't mean he couldn't get 1 1/4 or he shouldn't have won the Belmont.