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Originally Posted by sumitas
i think she would have won by open lengths if she had a hole. great effort.
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I tend to agree with you guys. Even though she lost by about 4 lengths, my guess is that she would have won with a clean trip. Poor Julien, every move he made turned out to be wrong. When he should have satyed outside, he went inside. Then when he should have stayed where he was, he went outside. I'm not saying it was necessarily his fault. It's pretty much a guessing game as to where the hole will open in front of you. Unfortunatley for him, every guess he made was wrong. I didn't think he would have any problem finding room at the head of the lane. Things weren't really that tight. It wasn't one of those situations where there is a solid wall of horses in front of you. There were horses in front of him but they weren't packed that close together. He should have been a little more patient at the head of the lane and just waited for a hole to open. I guess he was excited that he was trying to make somthing happen instead of just letting it happen. It's a long stretch at Churchill. There's no need to panic at the head of the stretch.