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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
The Bay Shore was into a very stiff head-wind down the backstretch and no one pressed him.
The vast majority of speed horses with more than a few starts in them will relax nicely if no one wants to be near them early and they get loose.
When you get an environment like the Kentucky Derby, a massive crowd to stir the horses up, and a 20-horse field where riders need to use horses a little early for position ... it's not a good situation for a horse like this. It's not a good situation for the other speed, stalkers, and even mid-pack types who all will naturally use themselves up more than they would otherwise.
In a 9-furlong alw route at Calder -- he'd be rating as relaxed as possible on a loose and unpressured lead.
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I'm just looking for reasons to try to justify and that was the most logical one I could come up with was the Bay Shore was relaxed...even with the headwind it was still a half second slower than the Carter first half. For me, them talking Preakness was just as crazy and if you're gonna do the crazy the Derby is only .5 furlongs longer. I just don't think his entry is as big a deal as many are making it out to be. If they're serious they'll try to harness him somewhat and he's just another horse with speed.
04-23-2012, 11:45 AM
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