stupidest ride since kotashaan in the japan cup?!!!

[Indian Charlie]

yeah, a week ago this horse went about 138 in a mile work and it looked like he went about 3 minutes, it was so easy.

unless this horse hit his head coming out of the gate, i really have a hard time coming up with a reasonable explanation for him not being near the lead with them going as slowly as they did, in what on paper was a paceless race.

this was all dettori, as he seemed perfectly content to have him in last. he DID eventually ask him pretty hard for run, which indicates to me that if he had wanted to try for the lead, he could have tried early in the race. that to me indicates he was rated in last on purpose.

taking a horse with world class speed such as discreet cat back into last place stuck on the rail in his first attempt at going 10f over that speed friendly surface makes as much sense as gelding a stallion just before he begins his stud career.

yeah, he got beat a pole, but like i said, there is no freakin way he was going to win from that position, and it's not uncommon in the least for a speed horse going long that is rated way back to run as miserably as he did.

that he ran last is irrelevant. he could have run third, or last, and neither performance would have been indicative of what he was capable of.

and if he had won under these circumstances, i'd have expected him to be retired immediately (that's imminent anyways), sent to stud for 1 mil a pop and be enshrined in the HOF tomorrow as the best horse ever.