Re: freak (656 Views)
Posted by:
bccassidy (IP Logged)
Date: May 15, 2004 10:09PM
Jerry, I have obviously never had to make numbers for any horse,and I love your numbers, but, I felt your Kentucky Derby number for Smarty Jones was too low (because of the weather and track conditions that day) if Lion Heart ran his -1 in the Derby than Smarty probably ran his -3, which would make him less of a bounce candidate in the Preakness. Do you agree with that thinking? I also think Smarty ran an incredible race fig today because of how Smith rode Lion Heart today. Smarty was 4-5 wide through the first half of the race before he realized Mike couldn't control Lion Heart. How much would he have won by if he saved more ground in the early part of the race? 15-18 lengths?
My comment in earlier posts about him looking like Secretariat coming down the lane in the Belmont is looking a little more possible today. I wished he hadn't used Smarty so hard today, Servis was obviously more worried about this race than I thought he had to be. Just my thoughts, curious what others think.