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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
The field he beat was a special kind of pathetic.
Theriot - probably under instruction to do so - rode a miserable race but won by 5 lengths anyway.
He owned a serious pace advantage - and should have been able to win that race by 15 or more if he used it.
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Yes it was..........I didn't want to say that, though. I hate to blame a horse for beating not great stock when they can't help who they run against at this point... just watch, though. When the lists are updated, he will be in the top 5 or 6 in most.
How much stock do you put into the fact that Mucho Macho Man didn't run all that well today? Did he flatter THAS? Not particularly, but I saw someone make this comment on another board - the implication being that THASmay not deserve his high ranking on most lists. Well I guess we'll find out soon enough, but IMO since those races were months ago - I don't really think it means anything, esp. since you'd think THAS has developed and is a better horse than he was last year. Bretheren is high on lists and the horse he beat in the CD allowance, Justin Phillip, ran last in the Lecomte.