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Originally Posted by Travis Stone
Didn't Woody Stephens used to say, "If you can get a mile, you can go a mile and a half" or something similar to that..?
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Tony Black had a great quote Monday about front-running routers with which Rich Migliore heartily agreed:
"It's not how fast you're going. It's how you're going fast."
Stayers in a comfortable rythym that aren't draining the red blood cell/oxygen reserves stored in the spleen because they haven't been stressed, can keep going a long time... longer than their pedigrees 'say' they can. In the process, they've put those behind them in a difficult position of having to chase, and many times panic. It's part of the dynamic of why horses on/near the lead fare as well as they do in the Belmont.
On top of this, is the myopia of those who seem insistent on refusing to notice that Shackleford's dam Oatsee has repeatedly produced steadfast route-goers including
Orientate daughter Lady Joanne, an Alabama (10f) winner.