Royal Delta 2.0

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

If you can get a video of the 1990 Jim Dandy you will really see what Smith is capable of.

I think the whip count was higher than the Beyer Speed Figure.

Chief Honcho? 38 times?

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Chief Honcho? 38 times?

I wish I could find the video.

Smith would only admit to 17 times in the stretch. The start of the stretch in his mind might be the 1/16th pole.

To be fair, he did say that he "really got into him".

Actually, 38 times might be accurate because that's probably what the Beyer figure was. 6f fraction in 1:16+ and a final time like 4 seconds slower (1:51+) than the Whitney.

Mott declared in the winner's circle that he would not enter the horse in the Travers. But he probably should have. The Travers favorite was Go And Go, who was eased.

Perhaps Chief Honcho could have kept Rhythm from winning his only other race of consequence beyond the BC Juvenile.