Re: I Will Be the First (1259 Views)
Posted by:
boardedup (IP Logged)
Date: May 21, 2018 12:33PM
I certainly don't claim to be an expert in reading a horse's mannerisms or body language and will gladly defer to you or anyone else on here when it comes to that. And according to all reports he looked good the next morning, that said, two horses who weren't considered to be in the same league as him two weeks prior made up substantial beaten lengths to the point that Bravazo was only beaten 1/2 a length.
Yes it's a different race, different conditions, and "performance isn't a constant" but as dominate as his derby win was, in my opinion this was anything but. They went out pretty slow, and again, he hit the tape w/ horses who weren't even an after thought two weeks prior. He was under pressure the whole way around the track Saturday for the first time ever.
He wasn't dominate which is ok, but I find it hard to believe that was by design. A win is a win is a win no doubt, but it's hard for me to believe that MS was so confident he geared him down to the point of just holding on like that.
He's great, but off that effort for me he's a clear bet against.