What are your thoughts on Uncle Mo's Returning Race?

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by JJP

How about Dialed In who was back in last in a TOTALLY paceless race. He ran a solid race to get 2nd under those circumstances.

Where is his race that is fast enough to win a typical Derby. Assuming Mo doesnt make the race its wide open but save that possiblity he is light years ahead of this group. He has been around two turns and has run very fast, now take into account he is relaxed enough to dwell for a half a mile and then sprint off suggests to me at least some quality.

DrugS is all hot in the panties about Machen(be it 70/1) because in his second start he was able blister a final panel in 24 after following the herd for 3/4's in 1.15ish.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by freddymo

DrugS is all hot in the panties about Machen(be it 70/1) because in his second start he was able blister a final panel in 24 after following the herd for 3/4's in 1.15ish.

I didn't like anything about Machen's second start.

Machen won his debut while up very close to the pace going 6fs - he got a very fast number... 94 Beyer with a sweeping 4-wide far turn move. Thoro-Graph actually has that race faster than any of Uncle Mo's races.

So, what does Neil Howard do next? He tries to transform this horse into a deep closing router ... Freddy, Machen has attempted to close into the teeth of two BRUTALLY slow paced route races in his two most recent attempts.

When Dialed In runs 2nd closing - finishing ahead of true dog biscuits - against a very slow pace... people are pissing themselves about how great he ran.

When Machen attempts to rally wide into painfully slow fractions - and fails - it's like 'oh, he really sucks' I picked Mucho Macho Man to win that race and gave Machen little chance. His defeat did nothing but clear the tards off his bandwagon.