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Originally Posted by Clip-Clop
So is Blind Luck the best filly in training then? Or would she have just won any 10F race at 'Toga this summer?
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She was the best filly in the Alabama for sure.
If you insert only RA or Life At Ten in the Alabama - they'd have walked on the lead ... RA would have won easily - Life At Ten would have run back to her easy Del Cap score.
The whole 10 furlong thing is pure nonsense. Life At Ten handled it fine when unpressured at Delaware. When asked to go on a suicide mission last time - she finished 11.5 behind Persistently.
Watch the way Rachel Alexandra finished up in the Kentucky Oaks under no urging again .. that's a 3yo filly in early May trained by Hal Wiggins .. if she gets no pressure she absolutely thrives at 10 furlongs. If she's locked up with Big Drama or in a duel with Life At Ten - she's not seeing it out.
Miss Singshix is a better 10 furlong horse than Persistantly - she was just beaten 15+ lengths by Persistantly at 10 furlongs because Persistantly is a much better closing sprinter...and the race was run like a sprint. Miss Singshix was kept way too close to the pace and stopped because of it.