Re: Agree with Chuckles (690 Views)
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J-DUB (IP Logged)
Date: June 12, 2005 04:04PM
Chuckles,
Your assessment of Bellamy Road is right on when comparing him with Alex. The one dimentional style will be a liability when and if he comes back.
The burst of speed of Alex is remarkable. He has shown this trait beginning with the Ark Derby. The moves in the Preakness and Belmont were the same. In the Derby, with a little more patience, we may have seen the same burst. I have to believe now that he was too close to the pace and that prevented him from using that burst. If Rose had shown the patience he has in the last 2 races, he probably wins all 3. In his defense, everyone gets caught up in the pace of the Derby. It's just so frenetic.
JW