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08-19-2007, 07:02 PM
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If u think this has to do with Lava Man losing a step, I have to strongly disagree. I have been saying from the start of the year that he's lost several steps from the previous years but give me a break; they went 6f in 1:14.81 He was well in hand behind that pace and yet he was ABSOLUTELY DONE by the top of the lane. He's lost some steps but he hasn't lost that many steps between the Hollywood Gold Cup and now. That track killed him. It's not horse racing anymore at Del Mar. It's randomness at it's best.
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08-19-2007, 07:05 PM
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ouch
that was an awful race. 2:07 and change 2:07?! not a typo....THAT is ridiculous. no way that race should keep it's graded status. but i've said before, and i'll say it now, i don't know how these graded races retain their status, as one of the rules to retain is that it be run the SAME WAY. obviously a surface change is a change. just like if a turf race gets rained off, it is no longer graded.
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