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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Yeah - it's a very good idea to look at naked closing fractions of Pro-Ride races.
I hate to break it to you - but there was nothing outstanding about IWR's come home time that race. The come-home times at that track were lightning fast.
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not the come-home time (which he slowed, which was my point)
the 6-8furlong section
If you can't see that 23.4 for the 6f-8f portion of a 8.5furlong race over the Santa Anita course is very good, there is something wrong.
the horse slowed after being asked for a longer drive
The reason he was asked for a longer drive was because he lost the CashCall directly because he couldn't quicken with POTN
The result of being asked for a longer drive was he weakened.
there was no spinning of wheels. There was no "didn't handle the surface"
He ran a top class race in the CashCall , then ran a top effort but was ASKED TO DO MORE in the robert lewis.
In the Gotham and Wood there were no horses quickening in the final 16ths. IWR simply had to continue on with his relentless one paced style.
The style itself is good enough to win the derby.
The question will be whether my horse will run him down in the stretch when he begins to slightly weaken as was shown in the Robert Lewis.
Then the experts can say IWR was spinning his wheels in the slop.