Kev,
Sorry I'm a little late with this one, still recovering from being on call and having to work like 500 hours the last couple of days....My take on it is this...The connections of RP are to blame....this is twice now in the new trainer era that she has gotten a horrible ride....I don't know if she had enough to win, but she certainly had no business up on the lead...If you watch the replays of the 6 wins she had with Elliot up with the exception of the Azeri where it was basically a match race between she and Happy Ticket, she came from several lengths off the pace to win...Last year in the Acorn he held perfectly in 4th place all the way around and didn't make a move til the final furlong and won by a length. Bravo gave her a horrible ride in the Molly Pritchard...had to check her hard twice and she lost by a head and Saturday, watching the race I was on the phone with someone and I don't even know if they were at the 1/2 when I said she's done....Why take Elliot off of her??? I heard today that the shoes are too blame and they have been changed and she is full of herself again....yeah well, let's see how full of herself she is when she is up on the lead for the first 3/4's of the Distaff....it's a shame.....
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