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Originally Posted by Gander
Best chance and really the most logical race for Gio Ponti is the Classic.
I dont care what the conditions were yesterday, no excuse for him not to go by the overmatched Interpretation. How can you use the bog as an excuse when it clearly didnt bother him up until the point he hung after he got by Interpretation? I mean if he hated the turf so much how come he even got himself up and past Interpretation? I think the distance got him beat.
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perhaps class and ability got him as far as it did, but you can't ignore a turf horses likes and dislikes and the cut in the ground. a horse who likes firm turf will often get beat when there's too much cut, and that may well have been what cost gio the win yesterday. the horse has done to well up to yesterday to stick a fork in him after one race-especially considering the track. it may well turn out the distance got him beat-or maybe it was the turf. he's worth another chance imo.