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You could easily tell the trainer wasnt happy with the ride. he even said that he moved too soon.
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when he made the move around the turn, it for sure had as much oomph as the Derby and the Preakness. There is no question he moved prematurely, and it cost him 2nd, if not the race (I dont really agree that there was no way he was beating Summer Bird). Dunkirk ran a good race too, and dug in after MTB passed him at the top of the stretch.
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![]() ![]() One more thing... I agree with everyone on here that it was a very big mistake for Boral not to have ridden a race there that day.. or any races the past week.. you would assume that the jock would want to be out there at least once to feel how that track is playing. For him to say the rail was dead is just comical. Summer bird had a great trip... if you would switch his trip with MTB's, and have MTB get Summer Birds trip... Calvin would have won the race. of course that point is MOOT.
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Before the race they asked him if not riding that day or the past week was going to affect him in the Belmont. He said that he had tons of experience, racing in about 3.4 trillion races in his career, and it wasnt going to be an issue and nobody should question his experience. Well he was wrong!
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![]() Just for comparison sake, the fractions from 8 to 10 furlongs for recent Belmont winners:
Da Tara - 25.25 Rags to Riches - ??? 24.0 ish Jazil - 24.76 Afleet Alex - 25.64 Birdstone - 24.84 Empire Maker - 24.54 Anyone have Rags PPs in front of them to know how many lengths back she was at the mile? I don't understand how people can look at those and not see how absurd the 22.92 was. Summer Bird and Dunkirk ran faster quarters there than any recent Belmont winner because of Calvin's ridiculous move. |
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What we do know is that Summer Bird could have probably kept running another furlong or 2 if need be, he was the only horse that was not spent after the race, I do believe had Kent Gotten him out earlier he would made this discussion a mute-moot one. The horse was feeling so good, Kent had his hands full down the backstretch that no one talks about him running up on heels causing him to check/steady atleast twice by my count. It was hardly a perfect trip in my opinion just as it was not a bad trip either. He was simply the best horse for this type of race/track/distance. |
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Thinking of these races in terms of numbers fails for a number or reasons: 1) numbers bias one's interpretation of the race: fast splits are supposed to indicate one thing, slow splits another, YET, we constantly (especially on poly and turf) see that these supposed truisms are really wise tails, as there are countless counterexamples. Refer back to the slow pace biased interpretations of the Gotham, for example. 2) numbers is just one way of looking at the race; that set is a subset of a larger set, the race itself, and thus is not comprehensive. You of all people should be aware of some of this **** as you play quite a bit of turf and poly. You should be aware of how important bursts are in races and how taking a break from one of these bursts while the others are all out is a HUGE advantage. (The Sartinistas get some of this, as do the Match Up guys, but they don't do it within the context of the race.) This is exactly what SB did. And, you should also be equally aware of what moving prematurely does to a horse. |
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![]() Here's the chart for the race; try to make some sense of it. Try to look at it objectively. That's the last of it from me.
This should also answer Fischer's question about MTB and Dunkirk. We wouldn't want him to hurt himself. |
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![]() One thing that is lost in this, in my opinion, is that the premature move was the only way he was going to beat Dunkirk. Allowing him to run up front through moderate fractions (yes, moderate), and waiting til the end was not going to work either.
I think with a better ride, he was 2nd, just perhaps a different horse winning if he waits. |
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![]() yes calvin misjudged the pace,and i give him the benefit of the doubt that MTB was fighting him and a little rank so he let him go early, hell even willie the shoe misjudged the finish, so he's human. Also i think if he would have waited longer the outcome would have probably been the same. The three races just took a little out of him but remember he still finish third. He really wanted the calvin crown and that was some pressure, but he's human and the limlight the last few weeks ,it's hard to focus, but hell take it while you can, and besides not me or anyone else on here has ever had their big butt on a racehorse at 40 mph so who am i to say what calvin felt on the ride. i give him a pass, but i'm sure he learned a lot about staying focused all week up to a big race,and how about that,KD? the monkey off his back and he will be a relaxed force to deal with the rest of his career,congraulations to him.
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![]() Good stuff TFM. I always enjoy the graphs.
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With the Fat Chart it appears that either Dunkirk or Mine That Bird ran the two best races, and that Summer Bird was worst. My impression from the race was that Summer Bird was best. The logical question would be "was Summer Bird capable of more, had he been asked for more?" - and that answer is almost always "No". Still I am not 100% sold that Summer Bird wasn't best. I see the big dramatic line angle of Mine That Birds move... and I see the half mile break that Dunkirk gets. But I am also stubbornly aware of the 1st quarter that Dunkirk sets(and Mine That Bird contrasting 11 lengths behind) and how fast that is for 3yos going 1.5miles. |