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Originally Posted by Scav
he got out with like 100 yards to go, maybe, and having to make up 2 lengths off a horse that just did soft fractions.
If Murtagh doesn't ride to keep him pinned, Penko is out and clear by the 1/4 pole and it is alot closer, and probably blows by this horse.
Honestly, Murtagh was out of horse on the the final turn and purposely rode to keep Penko pinned. I don't blame him one bit, that is race riding. Shea had EVERY opportunity on the backside to get Penko in clear running in the 2 path but chose to keep him on the rail...
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BTW I am not saying Spirit One is a better horse than Archipenko. In all honesty I think Archi is, but in this one isolated case he was not clearly the better horse.