Aqu 1st

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by philcski

I missed seeing the 2nd race but the 3rd was won from well off the pace. Track seems to be playing reasonable today. The 9 ran much better, but she had shown high speed in her previous 2 starts against slightly better going long then stopped, how is this a shock when she returns to her preferred distance of 6F (perhaps we should call her "One Turn" Halo?)

I would be careful. In the second a hopeless sprinter stretching out just got nailed at the wire by the 6:5 stalker and nobody made up any perceptible ground. In the third it was a contentious, while not super fast, pace, and the rail horse held gamely ( at 13:1 ), though one could make a case she was an overlay, and the winner sat a perfect inside trip behind the duelers, who finished second and third. She was nowhere near " well off the pace ".

It may not be the speedway we saw a week or so ago, and first races can be aberational, but I am not inclined to say the track is anything close to even.

That being said, I like a number of horses later in the card that aren't speed types. Why? Because I'm an idiot and a glutton for punishment.