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Originally Posted by DaTruth

Why are folks always suckers for the closers.

They watch Horse A battle through fast fractions, put away the chasers on the far turn, then hold off the deep closer Horse B, and their immediate thought will be, "Horse A was just lucky. One more jump and Horse B would have caught her. Horse B is the better horse."

Horses staggering home at shorter distances don't inspire confidence when going longer. And all those people that keep touting her Mother Goose win, I hope they don't really think RA was 20 lengths better than the 2nd horse (even if it was only an allowance horse). Maybe if you know you're beaten, and there is only 1 other horse you have to beat (whopping 3-horse field), you might just try to beat that other horse for 2nd (which at 12 lengths further back--didn't really make you run hard. Biggest winning margin -- jeez, give me a break.