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Old 08-11-2008, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Scav
I agree 100%. Shea was here EARLY. He should have tried to get a mount in a turf race (Hell, he could have paid one of the ridiculous jocks to 'take' his mount if he wanted) to get a feel for the course in race conditions...
Good discussion here, that is why I am siding on conservatism on Archi getting up if he had a clear path, he may have, but Shea had alot of horse he didn't use so oncourse Archi came with a run when he got daylight. There are some European, Dubai, Aussie horses that are just more effective on long straight tracks. The perfect illustration of that that I can remember is Rock Of Gibralter running out of room at Arlington where DomeDriver got the dream run. Rock of Gibralter was unbeatable on those European tracks.
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