1st thought
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Originally Posted by Robert Fischer
Irad 'played' the rail in the Holy Bull aboard Epic Dreamer from one of the inside posts. Was a smart ride, and put that long shot into the race for a while.
I don't feel that Epic Dreamer is naturally the quickest horse. Will be interesting whether 'tentative' Tyler employs a copycat strategy. He really should.
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Yikes. Was that some really dumb strategy move by the connections, or was Tyler tentative and failed to quarterhorse?? Replay looks like a less than all-out break, although he's somewhat trying.
Horse had no biz in this race, but as a nerdy horseplayer critic, it was so dumb to not be all-out to get into the first flight for that first turn. I guess as far as keeping a bum out of the mix and affecting the race, it was actually a good thing, but if I cared about the
having some zillion-1 shot, I'd be pissed!
2nd thing= 1st turn and pace =
The Pace was actually pretty hot. - I didn't really watch it for anything other than my
in running, but the
and
did get tested a bit with pace from their posts.
Seemed really dumb that Rosario went to the lead and went so hard through the turn. We all knew that a bum(
) would break on top, and he could have saved significant horse without losing significant position. That said, I have no idea how tactical and professional Hidden Scroll is. Also a dumb ride by Saez on the
. Should not have shown Hidden Scroll any respect, and the first turn was even harder from post 8. I can excuse Saez here somewhat, because these guys don't know the horses as well, and the public(and Joel Rosario) thought Hidden Scroll was a star who needed to be respected even at that pace. Both should have been rating easily 2nd/3rd behind
Gladiator King, but you can't expect them to be perfect.
and
were completely eliminated as expected. The
actually ran a fairly good race to eventually get 6th. Not a Graded Stakes Route level race, but a strong race.
3rd thing =
and
really got dream trips
We expected they would get dream trips (the main danger was a more moderate pace and/or either the
,
,or:5 running a 'big' race thus relegating them to the underneath positions.
The
took 2nd run and got a breather while having few strides on the wrong lead and then changing with good momentum, so the
's final deep stretch run will look flattered. The
hung on slightly better than you would expect, considering he broke too well and went to the lead instead of the 2nd flight, but the
failed to carry momentum well, and probably should have taken fourth.
last thoughts =
Tough race to bet out of. We know the
is a nice animal, but there's still some unanswered questions about true 2-turn scenarios as well as 9F and further for the
(and the
as well). We may or may not see the Public overbet the
coming out of this race.
Don't look like a triple crown horse, but he could always bounce back, if he's able to show a press/stalk dimension and he happens to get a really good trip next out. He would have been a lot closer even in the FOY had he had a softer trip, but he never looked like a winner today. This bunch is vulnerable to anyone running a big race.
