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Originally Posted by my miss storm cat
Sorry but I'm still not understanding the really horrible ride on Hansen and so cannot be objective right now.
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Trainer Gennadi Dorochenko had two horses in the West Va Derby.
One of them was Hero of Order, who won the LA Derby at 109/1 odds pressing a 47.20 pace.
The other was a deep closing plodder named Macho Bull.
Dorochenko instructed his jockey to go to the lead with Hero of Order and his other horse Macho Bull was taken 30 lengths off of the early pace.
Mike Smith threw a hissy fit about it in the TV interview after the race...but he's on an aggressive one way speed horse and that's horse racing.
The guy who rode the smart race was 27% local jockey Deshawn Parker on Bourban Courage. Bourban Courage won his debut going 6 furlongs with a 103 Beyer figure. He faded after pressing the pace going 7 furlongs last time out and he had never been in a 2-turn route before.
Parker took the sprinter Bourban Courage 13 lengths off of the lead early and raced 5th of 9 early. He saved the ground, got the jump on all of the closers, and just missed.
Nakatani got the perfect trip on the winner. He was a clear and uncontested 3rd behind two breakaway speed duelers.
Smith was caught off guard by the aggressive tactics of Eddie Martin -- and he whined about it in the interview and stormed off.