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Old 08-15-2009, 10:44 AM
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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
I thought the race was totally unbettable.

However, Jose Lezcano's ride on Smooth Air was one of the worst rides you'll ever see in a major race.

Bullsbay won the race with the dreamiest of dream trips ... and had Lezcano rode his typical smart race he would have been the one who inherited the dream trip. Instead he wanted to get pinballed in a 3 way pace battle - with two other faster horses - through very solid fractions.
Yeah

He was probably best. Of course, the fact that he finished BEHIND the other two he was 'dueling' with probably works a bit against that theory.

Don't you think that Rose GUNNED a bit too soon and maybe get the worst of it in relation to Macho Again?
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