08-01 Playaround

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by pointman

I have to wonder if Leparoux had any kind of a plan there, the horse breaks well and he strangles the horse back causing the horse to fight and go wide the first turn losing position towards being pinned on the rail far back and then sends the horse into a wall of horses when he has run. Not exactly a recipe for success.

I agree that the decision to put blinks on really looks bad after that run.

I initially thought that after getting a perfect inside trip on the bacstretch, after the rank run around the 1st turn, that she was blocked in the stretch run behind horses. But the headon shows there was plenty of room and I have to wonder why Leparoux didn't get into her a bit. Maybe he was afraid to push her given what he experienced earlier.