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Originally Posted by pweizer
I will offer an explanation. IWR's last two races were very good. But what did he beat? In the two NY races combined, he beat two horses with any graded stakes earnings. One other has come back to win, the rest are still eligible for non-winners of 1 allowance races. His win in the Wood was so visually impressive because of the trouble he overcame that it is easy to overlook what he beat that day.
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Well, he beat West Side Bernie who I think is a pretty good colt. West Side Bernie ran pretty good races in both the Holy Bull and the Wood, and if he didn't have the unfortunate combination of the #1 post and Stewart Elliot on his back, I think he would be a serious contender here to hit the board. Actually, if he is somehow able to get a good trip despite those two very daunting obstacles, I could still see him getting a share.
Beating WSB as easily as he did in the Wood, despite a horrible trip, is one of the things that most impresses me about IWR.