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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
Once Haynesfield didn't go after Quality Road, Musket Man's chance at winning dissipated no matter what. So he either had to sit off the pace, hope that QR came back to him (seemed extremely unlikely at the time) and that he could outclose Blame. Or, he could do what he did, press QR into submission and try to get first run on Blame. No matter what, he wasn't going to win the race the way it set up, so I think harsh criticism of his ride is a little excessive.
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I don't agree. Musket Man absolutely wins that race if he lets Quality Road and Haynesfield go .. and I say that even knowing that a pace battle between the two wasn't going to develop.
If Gomez rode Blame the way Margah rode Musket Man - Blame would have been beaten a significant margin.
I get your point that his chance of winning appeared to be 0% when Dominguez opted to use passive tactics. But that doesn't mean he needed to act as a rabbit for Blame and Mine That Bird.