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Originally Posted by CSC
I'm glad you can admit Kent got lucky and got through the rail. Maybe you don't understand what getting the jump on the field is, but do look at the race Workin For Hops ran on Saturday and what a proactive ride can do.
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Just to jump back in for a second, as president of the Workin For Hops Fan Club, and I think that you know I feel this way and I am (against my better judgment after the past year) going to give you credit and say that I think you know this too, but want to be sure: The proactive ride and cutting a horse loose at the 3/8 pole is not *always* the smart thing to do. Maybe I'm giving Cisco too much credit, but I think that it's a really sharp thing to do when your main competition is going to be closing from far back -- that's when I want to see my rider cut a horse loose and leave the closers with way too much to do.
Both the American Derby and Virginia Derby, IMO, were those kinds of races this weekend, but like I said, it may not have made a difference anyway at Colonial. If they both show up in the Secretariat, we're likely going to find out what that kind of ride looks like when Paddy O'Prado is in the race too and we'll find out what he's made of.
07-19-2010, 10:10 AM
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