Re: Did Exaggerator not like Belmont Surface? (910 Views)
Posted by:
sekrah (IP Logged)
Date: June 13, 2016 06:47PM
I don't see any shred of evidence the track surface had anything to do with his failure yesterday.
I see plenty of reasons to believe that he would have had the same performance on any surface.
This is a horse that ran tops or pairs on 8 different surfaces prior to Saturday's race.
Del Mar fast
Saratoga fast
Keeneland muddy
Delta Downs muddy
Santa Anita fast
Santa Anita sloppy
Churchill Downs fast
Pimlico sloppy
Suddenly this is a horse picky about surface? Yeah, I doubt that. Curlin - the one who the pedigree hawks rightfully point to for Exaggerator's sloppy track success - didn't have any problems at Belmont. He went 2-2-0 in four G1 races there.