Re: Sword Dancer: ? for the board (1119 Views)
Posted by:
richiebee (IP Logged)
Date: August 30, 2016 12:29AM
My personal opinion is that had Gryder stayed on the rail, Javier Castellano could
have yanked on the reins, made a hard right turn to the widest lane, and still run
away from MM and the rest of this overmatched field. Possibly the only way to have
made this race interesting would have been to have Flintshire carry 130 pounds and
those days are gone.
Its a Chad, Chad world and the biggest challenge now is to keep this guy happy until
his throwdown with the Euros at Santa Anita, where Flintshire suffered his only NA
defeat.
As to the use of the rabbit, Juddmonte has done it before, most notably with Bullet
Train, who used to assure an honest pace for the great Frankel.
Hard to call a race "fixed" when the favorite, who laid over the field on paper and
during the running, ended up prevailing.