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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
The 98 Beyer for American Lion in the ILLI Derby is obviously too low.
If you believe the 98 .....
* 2nd place finisher Yawanna Twist regressed a couple points. 2nd time router with a nice trip and being bet hard for Dutrow.
* 3rd place finisher Backtalk went backwards 12 points off his last number
* 4th place finisher Turf Melody went backwards 16 points off of his last number
* 5th place finisher Dave in Dixie went backwards 12 points off of his last number and 23 points off of his two back number.
* 6th place finisher Boulder Creek went backwards 10 points.
* 7th place finisher Stephen's Got Hope went backwards 25 points.
* 8th place finisher Game Ball went backwards 18 points.
The track at Hawthorne was incredible slow ... I wonder if they cut this race loose .. or if they just had virtually every single horse running below form all day long?
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Of course Yawanna Twist and Turf Melody ran worse considering the trips/set-ups they had last time. Yawana Twist has had unbelievably good trips in all his races. This trip was, believe it or not, his toughest. How were Turf Melody's numbers before the Gotham?
Backtalk figures to run worse going longer.
Dave in Dixie? That's funny.
The race was dominated on the front end which makes it harder for the closers to have run to their figures. However, those are some big changes. But, it wasn't much of a field.