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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Tight Spot won the first 8 turf races of his career - he drew the 12 hole in the BC Mile at CD and faded to a share of 9th at 5/2 but was still named Champion turf horse that year.
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His post had nothing to do with his defeat.
Or maybe I should say it was not the primary cause of his defeat.
I was probably his biggest fan back then. I made a point of waiting for him to try turf, and when switched to turf, I bet him every single start he made up until the BC mile.
The reason I say that is to stress just how much I followed this horse.
To me, going into the mile, he was a toss because one, I felt that his best distances would be going from 9 to 10f, and two, he missed his prep race and if I recall he had missed some works as well. Come to think of it, I was pretty pissed off, as a fan of his, that he was being dropped from a 10f race to a flat mile. I'd rather have seen him go 12f at that point.
Also, his best weapon was his speed, and if he was allowed to cruise along in moderate fractions, he was next to impossible to beat. I didn't see that happening in the mile, especially with the outside draw.
To this day, if asked to list the top 5 turf horses that raced primarily in this country (that I've seen run that is), he'd be on that list.