Does Mine That Bird Win Again?

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Do you really think KD's ride affected the placings of the top two? Summer Bird was running second either way regardless of tactics.

Probably not, but that was one bad ride. The final margin would have likely been different. As it was, Summer Bird had to win a stetch-long duel with Munnings to get second.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Probably not, but that was one bad ride. The final margin would have likely been different. As it was, Summer Bird had to win a stetch-long duel with Munnings to get second.

So you think he should have taken way off the pace and closed into what would have been pretty soft fractions on that track?

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

So you think he should have taken way off the pace and closed into what would have been pretty soft fractions on that track?

Summer Bird had no business being where Desormeaux placed him, especially with how bad the inside part of the track was today. They went 22.4 and 46.3. On a typical Monmouth day, those might be considered soft fractions. On today's sloppy track, that was not a "soft" pace.