Will You Please Ride My Horse? (Again)

gales0678 · #1 06-30-2009, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by letswastemoney

A jock could equal 7 lengths....or rather a horse's running style could equal 7 lengths. Take War Emblem for example. Great horse if sent to the lead early. Not so much if he even sniffs a horse in front of him in the early going.

If a jock knows and caters to how a horse likes to run, that could equal 7 length or more even. Lambert probably would have made the same premature moves he made in the Sunland Derby.

no question , but, when i watched the race the 1st time , it looked to me that he had a ton more in the tank and if the race kept going another 1/4 of a mile he would have won by more

maybe the mud moved him up as well that day? did he ever run on as muddy a track in any of his other races?

letswastemoney · #2 06-30-2009, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by gales0678

no question , but, when i watched the race the 1st time , it looked to me that he had a ton more in the tank and if the race kept going another 1/4 of a mile he would have won by more

maybe the mud moved him up as well that day? did he ever run on as muddy a track in any of his other races?

I don't think he ran on mud before the Derby. Just synthetics and the dirt at Sunland.

gales0678 · #3 06-30-2009, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by letswastemoney

I don't think he ran on mud before the Derby. Just synthetics and the dirt at Sunland.

so while the ride was great , the mud could have also moved him up big time no?

2MinsToPost · #4 06-30-2009, 06:24 PM

Sorta off topic but I learned one thing between The Derby and The Belmont -

pay closer attention to breeding, especially The Belmont given the distance.