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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
Saint Liam was an elite handicap horse and he basically took Ghostzapper to the outer rail in the stretch. Ghostzapper still won and they weren't exactly crawling home. That hardly proves anything about Ghostzapper's supposed tactical failures.
Ghostzapper was never keen or rank early in any of his route races. He let Saint Liam go early in the Woodward and he tracked Presidentialaffair in the Iselin. He took the lead in the Classic because he drew the rail. He proved over and over when sprinting that as long as you kept him outside of horses, he had no problem waiting for his cue. Suggesting he couldn't rate against top flight speed horses is silly.
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I agree with almost everything you have said in this thread, except for St Liam being elite. Thats a stretch. He was good and fortunate. In 2 of his biggest races he lost as a heavy favorite to Commentator and Rock Hard Ten. Then Dutrow had to cheat to beat Commentator. Then he won the worse BC Classic I can remember. Rock Hard Tens late scratch made it even softer.