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Originally Posted by eurobounce
The same could be said for Hurrican Run and Shirrocco. They didnt run their race. Deep Impact ran about as well as he possible could. He had the lead and let TWO horses go by and one of the horses was a mare.
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That same mare, Pride, beat Hurricane Run earlier in this year and just lost by a half length to Hurricane Run and Shirocco in the Prix Foy. She almost got them in that race as well. She was coming to them at the end. She had every right to fire big time in this race. It didn't surprise me at all that she almost won the race.
Deep Impact clearly did not run his race. Quite frankly, I think the horse was short from the layoff, and he obviously was a little closer to the pace than he would have liked to have been. If the big three ever face again, Deep Impact will hand it to them. Deep Impact proved to me that he really is the best turf horse in the world in this race.
With that being said, I don't think Hurricane Run is himself. He wasn't himself in the Prix Foy. He didn't switch leads until he hit the wire in the Prix Foy. His gallop doesn't look as good as it used to. I think that he is having some soundness issues.