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Originally Posted by Gander
I think you guys are not giving the Tin Man as much credit as he deserves because of his running style. Horses like this win races and its always chocked up to the fact that he was loose on an uncontested lead.
Horses like English Channel and Kittens Joy win races from rating just off the pace and they are declared turf machines, it never comes up that they had perfect set ups. Only horses like the Tin Man who dictates his own wins and losses.
On the flip side, a horse like Gorella wins, and people say the race fell apart and was handed to her on a platter. Nonsense, the horse was flat out awesome and could have beaten many top males on Saturday.
I did not and still do not think the Tin Man is better or worse than English Channel or Cacique. I think they are all pretty close and pace and luck determines which horse wins on any given time they meet. Its as simple as that.
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thats the beauty of turf racing.
Pace makes the race....always has...always will.
Tim, you know how much I loved megahertz.....loved watching her lounging around in the back of the field....baking cookies...drinking tea...watching tv...while they did all the running up front. But there were a few times where she and the jock were caught sleeping and the pace in front of them wasn't so hot and she was left with too much work to do in a slowly run race and she wouldn't win. Gorella hasn't faced that scenario yet this year and it will be interesting to see how she fares when she does.
You have to give Victor as much credit as anyone...he gave the perfect ride on Tin Man. I think the other jocks did a piss poor job in that race. A trained chimp could read the PP's and see that he was the lone speed in the race and if let loose on a lead like that...it would be all over...and it was. As much the other jockeys fault than anything.