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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
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.
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Getting left in the gate, a problem that is often a recurring one, and stumbling badly at the start, something much more random, are completely different things. I do agree that horses that get left often distribute their energy differently. I also believe, however, that stumbling very badly, as Mach Ride did, affects a horse MUCH differently.
However, besides all that, the trouble he encountered in the stretch also affected him severly. When you put the two together you have a horse who could easily have run significantly better.
As for your opening salvo.....I've earned it. You don't like it....tough. These boards are so oozing with misguided jealousy it makes me want to puke. Why don't you go out and give as much to this game as I have....mostly for no personal gain whatsoever.