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Originally Posted by dilanesp
Definitely, the way both Authentic and Medina Spirit won raises some concerns. In both cases, they seemingly set fast paces and then ran much faster in the stretch than you would expect, when they should have gotten tired. Authentic was headed by Tiz the Law, a very good racehorse, and turned him back. Medina Spirit had 3 horses move alongside and wouldn't let any of them by.
Now maybe this is just Baffert's great skill in putting stamina into his horses before a 1 1/4 mile race, but....
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This is what Baffert, Diodoro, Servis, Navarro have been doing for years. I would throw Cox and Broberg in there as well. There are a few from Florida as well. All the 30 percent super trainers have somehow defied Mother Nature and gotten speed horses to not stop…
Anyone who handicaps on a daily basis sees it every single day on every single racetrack in America.