Quality Road will probably not get to easily establish great position , turn on "cruise-control" and sit pretty until he makes the last move as in the Florida Derby.
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Originally Posted by the_fat_man
Compare his last two races to those of I Want Revenge, for example.
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IWR - Gotham - Rated outside a weak rival on a moderate pace and crushed them while running extremely fast late. - the only question being that another horse in that same race went just as fast late...
IWR - Wood - left at the gate - unhurried behind a mediocre field with a fast set-up, was forced to make a late run checking and waiting behind a wall of horses and easily passed his out-classed rivals in late stretch.
they were both different for obvious reasons
they were similar because the key questions for both horses in some ways went unanswered, - although IWR appeared to be able to handle class adversity if we make an educated guess forward from his low-class adversity in the wood.