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Originally Posted by Travis Stone
Old Fashioned was less than two lengths off the 22 3/5 quarter and a 46-flat half set by Silver City, who is a very talented sprinter. OF ran quite hard from start to finish and still finished eight lengths clear of everybody else. While it's nowhere near a Derby performance, OF wasn't a slouch by any stretch today. I'm thinking King's Bishop could up his wheelhouse (and Silver City's) by the time the Derby Trail dust settles.
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Yea, I agree with you about O.F. He is no slouch. Sort of reminds me of Smarty Jones with an even more impatient rider, and a little less stamina. Look, there simply seemed to be very little grey matter being used by his connections in this race. They made no effort whatsoever to rate off a horse going too fast. Compared to the horses in 1st n' 3rd on the backstretch, where did O.F. finish? Look where the winner is on the backstretch. They went too fast. 50-1 HORSES WIN TRAINWRECKS, and that's what this race was. He's lost one time, and it was (to me) due to overconfidence. They need to get him to relax more and/or try another rider that's more willing to save something for the 2nd half of the race. Has to also recover well from this race. I don't think he can be thrown out, but they don't seem to have a plan to get 10f. A track bias would appear to be mandatory.