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Originally Posted by cj
To be fair, blinkers did work for Forte. But obviously they don't work much more often.
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I'm not convinced they helped him any. Pletcher put them on reportedly because he was "losing interest" on the turns. Well, he lost ground on the turn in the Jim Dandy, too.
He also didn't do anything he didn't do in the Belmont. Namely finishing in front of Angel of Empire (a horse whose running style has been ruined by the dumb addition of blinkers) and Hit Show.
Also didn't show any new dimension style wise & he struggled to win the race.
The speed figure for the Jim Dandy says otherwise (maybe the slop moved everyone up), but visually the horse has been on a decline in his last 3 starts.
