Prado

[JJP]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

Who cares?

Prado OFF a horse is a VERY GOOD thing.

Did you see his ride on Deputy Empress in the final race at GP? The filly broke about 8-10 lengths behind the field, then he found himself saving ground at the back of the pack. The pace was extremely fast and the filly started to launch a strong move on the far turn, saving ground every inch of the way. As the field straightened out in the stretch, I thought Prado would angle of the rail and go after the leaders. There wasn't a ton of room but it appeared to ample enough. At this point he stopped driving long enough to have another horse pull alongside and now he couldn't angle out if he wanted to. He mildly rode the filly to the wire without appearing to check or steady. Its possible something went wrong with the horse in the final 1/8th and maybe the filly was spent after getting herself back into the race after spotting the field so many lengths at the start.....but it at least looked like a questionable effort.

Disclosure: I did need that horse for the final leg of a P3 so maybe I'm biased....I'm curious to hear other's take on the ride.