Rachel Alexandra to Woodward

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

lol.. exactly

While I think 1 1/8th is a perfect distance for Rachel... I dont think she'd have any problems with 1 1/4th in the Travers.

If the Haskell was 1 1/4th instead of 1 1/8th she would have won by 12 instead of 6..

I thought she'd win by 5 in the Preakness, I thought she'd win by 5 in the Haskell. I'd have the exact same opinion if she was running in the Travers.

However some of like to actually see the horse do it before giving them credit for it. She may or may not be at a disadvantage at 1 1/4 but i suppose we will never know.

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

However some of like to actually see the horse do it before giving them credit for it. She may or may not be at a disadvantage at 1 1/4 but i suppose we will never know.

This may be so. But this is distinct from misinterpreting her OBVIOUS trip in the Preakness and then concluding that she's distance challenged. The former allows some room for speculation; the latter is just an embarrassingly poor opinion and a waste of time (no matter how often it's advanced).