Who Will Be The Pace Setter In The Derby?

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by CSC

I was more or less addressing a thread where Drugs pointed out Well Armed couldn't hold a lead in a race when he ran on SA Pro ride as to what some feel is a closer friendly surface, but he did move up quite substantially I might add when he ran on Dubai dirt, that is why I posed the question as to what his thoughts were of Papa Clem and shouldn't this philosophy apply to this horse.

My point is even if this horse turns out to be a slug, if Pro ride is closer biased artificial turf. Shouldn't Papa Clem's race be upgraded?

He's the chart for the race. I don't think that PC's effort should be upgraded. The race clearly favored on the pace horses. And, the fact that the majority of them stuck around is good evidence that the pace was slow (for those that choose to look at it from that perspective).

Either way, POTN ran huge.

And, maybe, IWR's effort wasn't that bad, given the circumstances, as he was the only one to make any kind of move other than the winner