Re: Bellamy Road (371 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: April 15, 2005 02:34PM
I think BB Bests legitimate front end speed would have been the acid test for Bellamy Road. Bellamy would have refused to rate and run like a cat on fire for the lead. Bellamy would have forged to a hard fought length lead at four marks...the race would have moved to the end of the backstretch and the turn with Bellamy unable to increase the length lead. At the six mark pole the difference would have been too close to separate them in 1:09:4. At the mile mark B.B. would have begun to slide off and it would have appeared Bellamy was going to shake free, but by then the closers would have suddenly appeared to be in gear and Bellamy would be inhaled by the field as if a large vacuum had suddenly exerted its influence upon him and he'd have crossed the line third a half length behind Noble Causeway.
A one way pace scenario is a marvelous thing for an unchallenged lead horse to have.
CtMC
Post Edited (04-15-05 14:42)
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