Final Verdict ... Fog Is A Fraud

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

Ummm, Rupe ... you kind of missed the point. Phalaris wasn't saying that Lost In The Fog should run from off the pace ... but that he can't stay with the pace when he's up against quality sprinters.

And because he can't stay with the pace ... he can't win ... because he has no ability to come from off the pace.

Do you see the distinction? Good ... I'm glad you do.

That is nonsense that he can't stay with the pace with good sprinters. Even in the BC sprint, he was within a length of the lead and then he actually took the lead at the top of the the stretch. His problem is certainly not a lack of early speed.
In addition, he has won from off the pace. I can't belive the nonsense I read here. I remember a similar debate about Tiger Woods. Someone said that he can't win when he doesn't have the lead going into the final round. When evidence was presented that he's won tons of times when he didn't have the lead going into the final round, then the poster said that Tiger doesn't win majors when he doesn't have the lead. That is absurd and it is absurd with horses too. If a horse has shown he can rate, then he can rate. It's that simple. If you can rate against mediocre horses, you can rate against good horses. LITF has shown he can rate.
LITF obviously did not fire yesterday. He was even behind Kelly's Landing in the early going yesterday. What does that tell you? LITF normally has much more early speed than Kelly's Landing. KL is not even a speed horse. LITF was 4 lengths ahead of KL in the early part of their last race.
I can't guarantee you that LITF would have won yesterday if he would have fired. However, I can certainly guarantee you that he would have at least showed some speed and been well ahead of KL in the early going. If anyone of you honestly think that LITF ran his best yesterday, then I give up.