I only have a couple differences with Oracle about this play.For one,that 1 horse in the last race has a very bad attitude problem.She has had too many chances to keep playing.What do you call it when she settles for 2nd on 8-17?They collapsed right in front of her,and she was perfectly fine with getting a top 3 finish.No winning fight at all.On 9/28 she quit because of some tepid pressure,and that was on a track favoring where she was(the front end.)That is a ****,and she showed it again today.The 6 was the stand out in there.She had no shot for the win in her last 2 races.In both those races,PVAL was on rockets that were slumming at the level.She ran on well for 2nd in both of those races.I would have used the 8 filly as well,because I was worried she might freak on me(she does atleast try,and was claimed back by the 1st trainer.)It doesn't matter,because neither of us would of had guts to single in there. The 6 is the kind that you think can win,but you want something else in there.Cheap fillies are hard to single.
As far as the 7th race goes,Oracle's single had enough trouble last time to consider singling.My problem with her was the race before that.On October 8th,she looks to have made a winning move,and simply doesn't get it done late in that race.I think you said she had trouble in that race too? What was that? Main trouble I see is a hang,but maybe you thought she had moved on to a new level when she was blocked last race.You say that Silk Kerchief was getting a negative jock change? I don't agree with that.Arroyo just wasn't doing much in the last few weeks he was here,and you get 7 lbs. off with the improving Antonwhatever.I am not telling you she was a single either.This race was the reason I didn't mess with this bet today.Now as far as what took place in the race,to me,Espinoza has had 1 good day in the meet,and a lot of bad ones.You would have never got this **** for brains ride from him at Del Mar.He just seems to be somewhere else right now.Not close to his best.I don't think his ride in the 4th race was very good either.He never let that horse settle off the pace,and make a run.He was too impatient there.What happened in the 7th is what jocks have happen to them when they aren't really that confident. See ,horses have somebody on them making decisions for them.A poor decision results in getting stopped like that.When horses are fairly evenly matched(like in that 7th race,) poor jockey decisions will get a horse beat.I don't know if Oracle's single would have won that race,or not(cuz she hung on 10/8,)but she might have.Espinoza cost her a shot at the win,and it is totally normal for Oracle to despise the guy for about 36 hours.You got to be a f'n robot to not be pssd when a jock gets a horse stuck or stopped.Like I said though,he hasn't been riding very good of late.That's when this kind of sht decision occurs.
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