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Old 07-02-2007, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
If you think Political Force's win was anything close to impressive then you must I have seen a different running of the Suburban than I did. I saw a horse get an absolutely perfect trip and spend the final eighth of a mile looking for a place to lay down. He wasn't wandering all over the stretch because he was " finding more." Fairbanks, who was basically finished at the top of the stretch, was actually giving the illusion that he was coming back at Political Force.

Bottom line.....the older horse handicap division doesn't even exist. It's a bunch of modified allowance horses masquarading as quality. They may fool some people but they aren't fooling me.
I agree, but this would make for great Peb material for the Whitney cover of the DRF!
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