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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie
Well, he had a much tougher trip and just about everything went against him.
I don't know what you saw.
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He may have run a better race, but was not much the best. His "tough" trip consisted of being behind a modest pace and being VERY briefly in tight in upper stretch. While the things that went against him may have explained the eventual margin of defeat, I try to reserve the phrase as "much the best" for situations where a horse is faced with hurdles far more severe than those that Top Billing faced that afternoon.
He's a really nice horse, but because of his pedigree, his catchy running style and his universally beloved trainer, he is frighteningly overrated at this point.
01-26-2014, 02:22 PM
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