I never seen any trouble for Mambo In Seattle

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

I'm a Mambo in Seattle fan, but he had every chance to go by Colonel John and the Col. wouldn't let him. Colonel John deserved the win.

"Deserved" the win? That's an odd distinction. Would he have still "deserved" it had the photo gone the other way? They were inseperable. While I personally had more invested in Mambo in Seattle and thought he came off as the horse that looked the better of the two, I wouldn't say either was more 'deserving'.. They both ran great.

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Kasept

"Deserved" the win? That's an odd distinction. Would he have still "deserved" it had the photo gone the other way? They were inseperable. While I personally had more invested in Mambo in Seattle and thought he came off as the horse that looked the better of the two, I wouldn't say either was more 'deserving'.. They both ran great.

Yeah...but Pyro will get them next time

ps good show today!

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Kasept

"Deserved" the win? That's an odd distinction. Would he have still "deserved" it had the photo gone the other way? They were inseperable. While I personally had more invested in Mambo in Seattle and thought he came off as the horse that looked the better of the two, I wouldn't say either was more 'deserving'.. They both ran great.

Of course they both ran great, I just don't agree that Mambo lost because of some lousy trip and would've been a clear winner with a 'better' one. Not saying that you said that, but I think the differences in trips were minimal and I was wowed by how the Col. refused to let Mambo pass him.

[Gauchos0522]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Of course they both ran great, I just don't agree that Mambo lost because of some lousy trip and would've been a clear winner with a 'better' one. Not saying that you said that, but I think the differences in trips were minimal and I was wowed by how the Col. refused to let Mambo pass him.

Mambo did pass him though. He was half a head in front inside the final 20 yards and Col. John just happened to have the perfect bob at the wire.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Gauchos0522

Mambo did pass him though. He was half a head in front inside the final 20 yards and Col. John just happened to have the perfect bob at the wire.

I understand, but at about the furlong pole, I thought Mambo was going to blow by him. That it was so close was surprising to me, and I thought it was a gutsy last eighth by Colonel John.

And I wasn't trying to make any 'distinction', as Steve suggested, I was merely trying to say that I didn't think Mambo had it much worse - if at all - than Col. John and that CJ was just as deserving a winner. My point was that I thought Mambo had every chance to be the clear winner, but ended up in a near dead heat.