SoCalMan2 Wrote:
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> 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).


Or, of course, run it at Anita.