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Originally Posted by dilanesp
Mike Smith on Pizzazz in the 6th at Del Mar 11/1.
It's just good to see Smith has still got it. The leaders went out fast but then tried to slow the pace down on the backstretch. Smith's internal stopwatch was working (he's probably more accurate than the timing devices at Gulfstream Park) and the moment they tried to relax up front, he sent Pizzazz running up to the leaders and then opened up on them on the far turn. The race was over.
Beautiful job. Riders are sometimes afraid to do this, because you look like an idiot if you send your horse early and then the horse tires and gets beat.
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In a sense, the best part is that the same strategy didn't work for Smith earlier in the card. In that race, he got nipped. But he tried it again in THIS race, and it worked.
