Quote:
|
Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
And, while we're at it, Gomez really blew it with Court Vision letting those horses get so far in front of him early. If he had just sat on the pace, with his closing kick, he would have won by ten.
|
As usual you (eventually) get around to what's actually interesting about the race.
I look at the graph for the race and I see the TOP TWO were in the TOP FOUR all around the track. THEN, I notice Court Vision: last early and THE ONLY horse to make ANY KIND OF RUN (from off the pace).
So, I'm thinking that the TOP TWO got the best of the situation. Getting lucky is bad enough; thinking that you got skunked while getting lucky is yet another level.
As for Coa: when he's not sticking right handed while directly by the rail, he's typically MOVING TOO SOON. So, without even watching the replay, I find the notion that he WAITED TOO LONG a bit farfetched.