Rajiv Maragh

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

When Dominguez decided not to press Quality Road from the outset - Margah basically took his horse out of his game and do it.

That results in him being 2 paths wider than QR the whole way around the first turn - and 3 paths wider than Blame .. meaning he's giving away 3 lengths in ground loss to Quality Road and 4.5 lengths to Blame while riding the ears off of a horse who couldn't hold off Sumo the last time he was that close to the pace.

On the backstretch - he puts Dominguez in a box and starts race riding him ... Haynesfield's a 12/1 shot who broke through the gate pre-start - and he's treating him like he's Cigar or something. Dominguez has to get shoulder to shoulder and pushes Musket Man out to get out of the box on the turn .. while Musket Man's getting shoved out he's about a path and a half wider than Quality Road on the far turn ... and Gomez's had a flawless ground saving ride in behind him while Quality Road's had a dream trip in front of him.

To quote your GURU Beyer (or any number of his disciples)

"There are NO TRIP in SLOW (PACED) Races"

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

To quote your GURU Beyer (or any number of his disciples)

"There are NO TRIP in SLOW (PACED) Races"

I've never met Beyer - how I'm a guru of his I have absolutely no idea at all what you mean.

First of all - yes, there are trips in slow paced races. Whoever said there isn't is nuts.

Second of all - the pace wasn't all that slow. The pace figure was only 9 points slower than the final figure. I would call it a moderate pace in relation to final time.