Multiple Gr1 winner ? - Giacomo HOY ??

Originally Posted by Danzig188

whoever said giacomo doesn't need a race to set up perfectly for his running style doesn't know what they're talking about. he makes one sustained run, and has to have the right pace to close into. it's why he hasn't won much, but does often hit the board. he isn't a bad horse, he just has to have things his way--as do a lot of horses. but horses with his style of running more often than not aren't the first at the wire.
all his connections can do is enter and hope for the best. maybe he gets a good trip and the right pace. it's all any owner of any horse with a certain style can hope for, whether they're a speedster or a closer, or somewhere in between.

i thought i saw a horse changing lanes, weaving in and out, i guess thats a perfect set up then. 15 horses in front on you across 6 lanes, all slower than you.

ya thats the perfect set up.

he needs room to get his srtide flowing, like on saturday he was taken into the 5 or 6 path by Smith on the turn, then he
began to really gallop out strong and pick horses off.
he is a closer, true, but not a one dimesional closer. ,meaning he can close, and win, at different distances. some can only close and catch the filed after 10f (borrego, dynever, PP)
some, like this one, can close into different distances.
to say he needs to be able to run dwon the stretch unimpeded by
traffic is pretty much true of any horse running down the lane.
whoever said Giacomo needs a race to set up perfectly for him
doesn't know what HIm or her is talking about.