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Originally Posted by Unbridled
In the Aqueduct opener on Jan. 25, Racing Raven was given the comment "2-3w, eye spat, long drv." in his most recent prior race on Jan. 6. I am asking for associates some of whom have attended tracks going as far back as the 1960s. Does anyone know what "eye spat" means in this context? No one can recall seeing the phrase and not unusual that curiosity became a factor. Any guesses?
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I'll take a guess.
The full comment is: RACING RAVEN chased the ongoing pace dispute two to three wide, put to long hard drive after stepping onto the turn, came up empty. (So, nothing about eye spats or anything unusual)
However, for the second-place horse, part of the comment is: SHANGHAI CHECK got set up in path three in short order, disputed the pace as the widest of a trio for nearly a half, left the five-sixteenths pole going at eye to eye with the winner... (So, there was a pace duel, battle or "spat")
So, my uneducated guess is that Racing Raven was sitting off a duel (or "eyeing the spat" if you really want to be creative) and between that and the "eye to eye" part it somehow got abbreviated into that weird comment.
