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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
Shockingly poor? Really? It's the same lousy race he always runs. You were expecting a significantly better result from him?
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I think you badly are missing the point.
Even at 31/1 odds going into the race - I didn't bet A.P. Arrow or use him on any tickets.
However, if I had been able to forecast the savage nature of the pace and how the race was run - I think he would have been a virtual lock to finish on the board that race - and most certainly defeat Past The Point and Wanderin Boy.
I didn't like Devine Park at all going in - but the way the race was run - for him to return from a layoff at 9fs - he became even that much more of an extremely high percentage proposition to run a non-effort.
I made only a single bet in the race - a Curlin over Wanderin Boy straight exacta.
However, it's crystal clear that from an analytical standpoint - Past The Point is the horse who comes out of this race with the surprisingly good performance and A. P. Arrow - more so than Curlin - comes out of this race with the surprisingly bad performance.