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Originally Posted by NTamm1215
I would be very concerned if they didn't go the final eighth of that race in less than 12 seconds.
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Delmar often favors speed horses on their turf course, the pace wasn't overly fast for that track, she closed into a slow pace and beat a decent field in my opinion. The final fractions for the race were 23.96 - 48.17 - 1:12.08 - 135.62 and in at 1:47.17. If anything those fractions should have favored Patricia's Gem.
To me she got no better than the 3rd best trip in the race, I don't understand why her performance is no better than Forever Together's or Diamondrella's from a time standpoint. Taking trip and competition out of the equation since these are subjective factors.