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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
I don't think it was a matter of finally finding the right conditions (one turn route). This was the first time he ever strung 3 races together without imploding, and therefore finally ran his top effort (not that you could see it coming). Pure speculation, but he had a conspicuous one mile work before the Lone Star race, suggesting he might be short for that race. Add in the mere 2 week break between the Stephen Foster and the Suburban, and I think you can make a hindsight case that he was being raced into condition.
It's a stretch, too, but, I think it's more believable that he was simply "coming to hand".
What numbers did he get for that Fair Grounds allowance comeback? That seemed like a big effort off such a long layoff.
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I think he got a 96 in the FG race - though I will have to go back and check. It was a very good race - he closed into a slow pace on a track that isn't typically friendly to wide closers.
07-03-2011, 12:43 PM
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