Re: QUESTIONS & PAT DAY's "CLASSIC" RIDE (453 Views)
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jimbo66 (IP Logged)
Date: November 04, 2004 10:21AM
Joe B,
Respectfully disagree. Put Azeri on the lead through 46.4 and 1:11 and which horse does she beat?
Ghostzapper? No way.
Roses in May? No.
Pleasantly Perfect? No.
Perfect Drift? No.
Ghostzapper and Roses in May would have stalked and passed her. The quicker pace would have made Pleasantly Perfect and Perfect Drift's "late runs" more effective and they would potentially have lost less ground since the field would not have been as "bunched up".
Before the race, most everybody thought she had no chance. She ran 5th, which I think is very respectable and admirable against that field. My guess is that two years ago, when she was a bit better and the classic field had a few less "tigers", she might have run a little better.