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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
It's all speculation....isn't it?
He was never " lone speed ", and his connections made it obvious they were rating him, something that could have been easily accomplished from his outside post. He wasn't " taken out of his game ", he was stunned by almost going down at the start, and took himself out of the race thereafter. Furthermore, as anyone that actually watched the race could have seen, he was completely stymied and squeezed out when attempting to rally between horses into the stretch, and was forced to severly alter course and rally inside of horses, something which is very difficult to do.
The point is that somehow NONE of this was pointed out in this misguided lovefest which leads anyone who actually watched the entire race to believe that nobody involved is anything other than result oriented and oblivious to what is REALLY going on.
Larger gaps than today's have been made up when the contestants actually get comparable trips. If you don't understand that then you are doomed to a lifetime of poor wagering choices. Better for me.
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Please show us misguided clods the way oh great one. Once again, watched the race over and over, including the head on. Not a lovefest just an opinion.
Here is what I feel REALLY went on here. mach ride was shocked at the beginning of the race and lost ground which he made up quickly late. What you fail to realize is that if he were to have broke cleanly and was able to run up closer to the pace, it would have required much more energy from him in the early part of the race, which means he wouldn't have had the required energy for the kick that we saw yesterday. Notice the other horses that had run up with Henny near the lead. In the stretch they were done. The end result in my opinion is that Mach Ride would have finished roughly the same amount of beaten lengths behind Henny Hughes even with a clean getaway. Talk about poor wagering choices, betting horses that get bad starts and assuming that a clean break moves them way up is a big underlay. In a race with an overly hot pace, a missed break will actually move a horse forward. It's counterintuitive but that's what makes it a play to watch for.
It is just opinion on here, but it doesn't mean that others with different opinions than yours are in a love fest or are misguided. You obviously needed Mach Ride real bad yesterday which is fine. Just spare me the condescension.