Ramon D. regarding Champs Elysees

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I could be way off, but isn't that the way he runs Kev? At least that's the way he won the Strub. I think a mixture of things contributed to Monterrey Jazz's performance yesterday, but I'm not sure the ride was one of them.

What were his fractions in the Strub?

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

The track was much faster the day of the Strub, but he went the half in 45 and 4, 3/4's in 1:08 flat, a mile in 1:32 and 3 and got the 9 furlongs in 1:45 and 3.

It was much faster that day. I will have to go back and watch the replay from that race and see if Flores had him geared down late or if he was just tiring. It's painfully obvious the track has played against speed of late, but MJ would still have been hard pressed to hold on for the full 1 1/4 setting those same fractions on a fair track.