Prado

[Bobby Fischer]

More pumping less whip work ??

If Prado had kept briskly pumping and driving NowNowNow throughout the stretch, instead of periodically going into that slow-motion whipping motion and seemingly ineffective "showing of the whip" he is prone to, does anyone think he wins the Muniz?

That is something that I really don't know for sure regarding whipping and driving... It seems that on a lot of horses they race better when pumped and driven and don't respond well to the whip.
Another one I am not sure of from today's races is in the Tampa Derby - Trujillo keeps whipping Join in the Dance and doesn't do a much urging driving with a pumping motion at all. Musket Man was clearly best, but the whipping and lack of driving seemed like a detriment.

Did anyone else have an opinion on these stretch runs ?

still learning what I think about certain jockey details like this...