Re: Did Exaggerator not like Belmont Surface? (775 Views)
Posted by:
bobphilo (IP Logged)
Date: June 13, 2016 08:16PM
Jim,
The handful of races you cite is way too small a sample to establish a pace par. If anything you'll note that the faster the early pace was the slower the final time. Hardly a good argument that a quick early pace is the best way to run the race.
As a deep closer Creator would have been doomed if the pace were slow
Except for Destin, who ran a terrific race, everyone who was near Gettysburg's solid pace died in the stretch as the closers capitalized. A sure sign the pace was tiring.
Asmussen was right to celebrate the early pace as it helped his deep closer win the race and the result bore this out.
Real Quiet was staggering home like a drunk in the Belmont stretch. A sure indicator that he suffered from a very inefficient dumb ride.