BitPlayer Wrote:
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> Hindsight being 20/20, I wonder whether bringing
> Chrome in early for two works over the track might
> have been a mistake. I have read and heard things
> in the past suggesting that the GP surface might
> be hard on horses. A lot of the top trainers in
> Florida train elsewhere. Only three of the 15
> Pegasus entrants (including AEs) had their final
> prerace workout over the GP surface. Plus it has
> always seemed to me (based on anecdotal evidence)
> that horses are more likely to get injured shortly
> after shifting to a new surface.

I also wouldn't underestimate the effects of post 12 so close to the first turn. Unless my horse was very comfortable just dropping back, I would scratch any horse that likes to run a bit early if they get assigned the 12 hole that close to the turn. The first 200-300 yards of that configuration have to be unusually strenuous in a novel way. If they do this race again, they need to either make it 10 furlongs or get a different finish line (or reduce the field size).