Eskendereya skipping FL Derby, prefering Wood

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

I can understand how people might want Nacho Friend back. But Leparoux moved much too soon on Awesome Act and still handled the perfect tripping Yawanna Twist relatively easily. Now, YT is clearly not much horse but for AA to win the way he did in a race that just screamed last move does say something.

I agree in general.

Nacho Friend obviously ran well, and clearly better than the second horse, but Awesome Act beat him by enough that it will be a hard gap to reasonably expect him to close. Plus, I find it hard to believe longer distances won't favor the winner...at least over Nacho Friend.

Nacho Friend strikes me as the kind of horse that will be running in too many races that he can't win.