why does Mike Smith get so much bash on forums?

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Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

my contention is Hansen might have run better running the fractions Tapizar did if it got him loose, and 8.5 to 9.0 just is not the huge distance gap in my mind that you are making it out. He certainly was not done in because he tracked 2wide on that pace.

It actually is a pretty big difference pace wise. The difference between the two distances at the 1/2 mile call is more than a half second.

I tend to agree about the "loose" part, though there is no indication that going faster would have led to him being loose. If the rider on the other horse had it in his plans that Hansen wasn't getting away, he wouldn't get away.