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Note on TB Derby and Wood.
I have Vino a cut below the rest too but looking at these 2 races I have suspended all analysis related to the TB Derby. The slow pace and merry go round in which nobody made up any ground was a joke. The SF Davis was the better TB race and the derby was a bad time for Flameaway to try rating tactics. He is better than Quip and we witnessed that in the Blue Grass IMO as Good Magic had a tough time losing him. Vino Rosso also had run a lifetime top in the SF Davis and could have taken a step back in the TB Derby especially under those conditions. The Wood while being a 2nd rate haven for a while was run in a legitimate pace. As much as players highlight closers that finished solidly against slow paces I think it is equally important that a closer be able to have the talent to run down a fast pace. A collapsing front end doesn't guarantee you get there if the pace strands you too far back. A good closer has to have that internal clock NOT to be stranded. His internal splits were as good as any winner of the 9f preps.
Mendelssohn-132.6
Vino-133.3
Audible-134
Good Magic-134.4
Justify-135
Runaway Ghost-135.4
Magnum-135.8
Noble Indy-138
My boy Jack(projected to 9f)-138.4
Last edited by CincyHorseplayer; 04-23-2018 at 06:25 AM.
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