Circular Quay

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

If you look at the run to the 1st turn again, you might just notice that while the others are righty, the RUNT is lefty. Of course, the horse would be lefty on the turn (though I've seen TWO exceptions in the past year). And there are times, believe it or not, that horses are LEFTY on the backstretch. Happens alot in turf sprints, for example.

So, assuming, if I were looking for an excuse, that the RUNT took the 1st turn lefty and REMAINED lefty on the backstretch and 2nd turn, I'd upgrade his performance (as he'd have run 3/4 of the race lefty).

Clearer?

Of course some horses are going to be on their wrong lead entering the stretch, but they're not supposed to be, do you agree? CQ was not on his wrong lead down the backstretch yesterday. He was on his 'right' lead which is what he was supposed to be on. I'll have to watch the replay again to see what lead he was on breaking from the starting gate. To be honest, I didn't pay attention to that.