Re: Did Exaggerator not like Belmont Surface? (803 Views)
Posted by:
miff (IP Logged)
Date: June 14, 2016 11:40AM
Rich,
Honestly tend to evaluate pace by myself in NY/Cali but do respect/use CJ and Moss, not a Bris fan.Paco Lopez(Gettysburg) was trying to win imo.Dont know what his instructions were. You know, historically, true rabbits are sent hard and go as fast and as long as they are able to, then ease.Paco hardly went out sending with intent to go fast all the way.
A simple conversion of track speed for the day makes the splits look like 25/49.2 hardly fast but not real slow for the 12f distance(data base on the distance at Belmont very small) Also, while the track may have been fast but honest, no wires all day on dirt.Think Connect,Fish House Road, Destin(lesser extent)ran better than their figs indicate,pace adjusted.
Mike