mccarron to tvg

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I pretty much hate all riders and I don't follow Cali racing as much as NY, so i don't know what he was like in the 80's. But, do you really think he waited too long in that Classic? I'll have to watch it again, but I thought I remember seeing him get into Alysheba pretty early, like before they even hit the turn.

yeah, perhaps 20 years has clouded my memory and i could stand to watch the race between ferd and sheba again.

however, there really were far too many times mccarron waited and waited and waited.

his ride on sheba in the belmont was very typical of his thinking. i'm not saying sheba would have beaten bet twice that day, but taking him that far back in a race where speed rules (despite the distance) was typical of his poor tactical thinking. sheba was a much faster horse than generally recognized (by fast i mean he had very nice tactical speed) and if he had been more forwardly placed, the race could easily have come out differently.