Happy Ticket

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

Let me say this about Polytrack just from my experience and opinions based on the information I have on it....IMO, it would be a surface that would be very hard to regain momentum on due to its softness and with all of the give in the surface.....think about it...once you lose momentum and have to try to re-accelerate quickly I bet you do a lot of spinning of the wheels trying to get back to full stride and momentum....just a guess but it makes a helluva lot of sense to me....

That is a VERY interesting observation and makes perfect sense to me. You can't "dig" into it as much it would seem.

We at LaD really wanted Happy Ticket to run well because she would become the all-time leading Louisiana-bred. From the start, even in the gate, she never looked pleased and was then hindered further by a tough trip. Give her clear sailing and I still don't think she would have done much today. From the start she didn't look like she wanted any part of the racing. Maybe next time.