Who owns California?

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

totally disagree, very soft pace set up things well for Lava Man, and gave APX a shot. Any type of honest pace and its another story.

not saying Lava man doesn't have guts, he does. but I sorta look at it like he is the best of a so-so bunch out there.

who were the quality horses in that field?

as bad as the Suburban field was I think it had better quality. no claimers. with a wimpy pace like that fairbanks would have wired that field. 2:00.5 final time in the Suburban versus 2:03 and change in the Gold cup. hmmm.

and people are always totally stumped why Lava Man doesn't win when he travels. it's not that complicated.

Blood Horse is the only one reporting the truth about the "second slowest" HGC ever - that LM set a new track record for 1 1/4 miles on cushion track. It's all relative and comparing dirt to cushion track is like comparing a moron to an idiot.