Nashoba's Key

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by 2Hot4TV

"She was trapped down on the inside and never could get out until it was too late. She made up ground, but she wasn't able to get to the winner. She galloped out past the winner. Turf racing is always difficult. I thought she'd be placed more forwardly than she was. Things happen."

—trainer Carla Gaines sounds a what-might-have-been note for Nashoba's Key
"poor choice to stay inside when he had the chance to get outside early" Mike Wellman

"What were you thinking Joe?" Quote from Jason Lavine

Kurt Hoover agreed with what Wellman said.

Joe has lost his bug and the luster is also starting to dull. It's not just from one ride.

I'm sure they would not have had a bitch if he used NK early to go with Simply Perfect, Precious Kitten and Arivale and got drifted wide when SP pulled up, right? by the 3/4 pole Talamo was in perfect striking position, horses closed in when SP drifted wide and there was no place to go - sh*t happens, especially over an unfamiliar surface where most of the runners were skittish to begin with....to blame the result on the jock is assinine.