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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
I'm always leery of the first stretch out by a sprinter. I find that is usually the best effort they will have going long. Add that to the fact that he dictated the pace on a speed favoring track and save Barbaro there was little in the way of competition in the race and it's hard to be overly enthusiastic about his performance. On the other hand, he still lost a close one to a very good horse. However, it was hardly Barbaro's best race.
All in all, Sharp Humor's return was encouraging, as there's nothing wrong with Gold and Roses. From what I've heard they are not going into 2007 with the intention of throwing him to the wolves. Sounds like a good plan.....we'll see if they stick to it.
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I pretty much agree with everything Philcski's written about SH in this thread. btwind, what makes you say the Fla Derby was "hardly Barbaro's best race"? I suspect you are using circular reasoning: something like, 'He had trouble getting by the nothing special SH, therefore, it wasn't Barbaro's "A" race.'
We shall see. If the odds are good enough, I won't hesitate to bet on SH.
--Dunbar