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Originally Posted by CSC
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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I'm pretty sure the Rock losing had nothing to do with his jockey not being familiar with the course or from it not being a long enough stretch. He was forced to steady and shift to the outside when Landseer broke down in front of him.
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