Re: Slide? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Slide. (477 Views)
Posted by:
fasteddie (IP Logged)
Date: June 10, 2004 02:32PM
I agree that doing numbers for a 1 1/2 M race are dubious, at best, BUT, if you take Birdstone out of the race (no pace influence) then Smarty wins by 8, and that leaves us with this quandry: Did EVERYBODY regress?? Not according to TGJB. That is not supposed to happen. Birdstone ran a good race, and Smarty ran the best he could, for that distance.
A "collapse" would have him back where Royal Assault ended up. Running a 27 second final quarter mile was no disgrace, and his 2:00 mile and a quarter is one of the best ever, and only a handfull of 3yo's has ever done it this early in the season!