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Originally Posted by thaskalos
If you lay off the easy-lead favorite, you may fnish 2nd and 6 lengths back. But if you engage the favorite and try to "burn him up"...then binoculars will be needed to find you at the finish line.
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That’s the lesson connections have learned in recent years that they didn’t fully understand years ago. That’s also why horseplayers today get frustrated when second and third best speeds take back.
The trick is to know when to go and when to sit off. You have to know your own horse and his abilities relative to horse you are thinking of challenging.
