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Originally Posted by sour grapes
i think you are getting chalkier results because of the way the race is run without the cheap speed sprinters setting unrealistic paces and a truly athletic horse that can sit right off the pace and pounce at the top of the stretch.Justify ,nyquist,american pharoh,chrome are prime examples of this,while the likes of mine that bird and giacomo are just abberations of closers winning Though Orb i believe closed from mid pack along with animal kingdom.
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that was an unrealistic pace on Saturday, just a superior effort IMO.
I did a study, the paces are not slowing down in the Derby, for the most part, they are fast as always.
Maybe the last 5 or 6 years we just had a series off good horses, who also got good trips.
