Tim Please ok? You are gonna compare fractions set on a deep yielding course to fractions set on the rock hard turf course out there? Lava CRAWLED the pace CRAWLED!!! Today in the 5th race at Hollywood, a non winners of 2 allowance race, they ran a mile much quicker than lava's split for the same distance. Todays was 22 and change, 45 and change, 1 09 and change, 1 21 and change and 1 33 and change for a mile.
You cant just watch one race at a track without knowing how fast a course or track has been playing and accurately compare it with a soft deep course across the country. Lava race was nice yeah, but he sure didnt meet much, and you must be crazy to actually call him the best older horse. See the thing is I seem to remember that horse coming east last year to th eJCGC and dead heating with the ambulance. He beat horses of a much lesser qulaity yesterday. I suppose on the weeds out there hes the best.
But tell him to give EC, RG, GS, and cacique a ring if he wants to meet the best.
I absolutely love that horse though, too bad so many of these California wonder horses lose the wings they seem to have once they step on a plane and head east. WOnder why, hmmmmmm???