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Originally Posted by dalakhani
Ghostzapper ran a 128 under those conditions in the iselin. If you want to use the 114 beyer as support, can't I use the 128 to contradict regardless of opposition?
He ran his lifetime best beyer around two turns against a speedball. Doesn't this refute your theory?
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But I am regarding the opposition, else I would probably agree with you.
Ghostzapper had plenty of speed himself. I would suggest that a speed-favoring track (Monmouth), a generally speed-favoring track condition (sloppy), and a small field (4 horses) of undeniably inferior horses were ideal conditions for any Grade 1 calibur monster to run a lifetime top Beyer.
Maybe if GZ had done enough up to that point to warrant an assignment of 131 lbs in the Iselin (the way Skip Away was in '98), then the matter of opposition wouldn't be as relevant.
Of course, he never would have run with that kind of weight assignment, either, so long as Frankel was training him.