Re: I Will Be the First (975 Views)
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boardedup (IP Logged)
Date: May 20, 2018 11:03PM
He Seemed like a tired horse the last furlong, it took a lot for him to put away Good Magic after setting pedestrian fractions. 1st-5th were separated by less than 3 lengths on the wire, and the 5th place finisher (Lone Sailor) made up double digit lengths in a hurry. The place and show horses were both moving much better late and it wasn't like they were coming from the clouds.
It's nice to have a HOF Jockey up, he got just enough out of the horse and won the race. Again give him his do though, he was under pressure the entire race, easily the toughest test of his career in my opinion, and he got the job done. For this week, that's all that really matters. But I think the question isn't if he's a play against to win in three weeks, it's is he a complete toss and not useable at all?
If I'm answering the original question today, I see a Big Brown Belmont performance looming. The only difference is Justify will make it into the stretch before he's pulled up.