classhandicapper Wrote:
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> SS had greater tactical speed

SS was closer to the pace. Easy Goer actually had a quicker turn of foot. You can see it in interior fractions. He was trained for distance and to rate. That was the difference. Look up the Gotham and how it was won.

> brilliance/acceleration

As I said Easy Goer had better accelleration. Quicker internal fractions than SS's openers.

the ability to handle
> tight turns better, the versatility to handle wet
> and dry tracks, and the ability to win around the
> country instead of just in NY.

SS gasped on the muck Derby and hung on cuz Goer hated Churchill mud

He gasped in the Hollywood Gold Cup and went out a LOSER.

He gasped in the Swaps and got run down by Prized.

He coasted on a greased lightning Hallandale surface and Goer had problems with the trip. His losing effort that day on that surface at Hallandale was one of the all time great efforts. He should have won by 5. Shug prolly learned a lesson about the Jockey Club Gold Cup, but the Classic has to be 12 marks anything less is a joke and bad for the game. The Dubai Classic also needs to be 12 marks.

> Easy Goer was better at 12 furlongs at home on a
> tiring track and occasionally put up a very fast
> figure against 3rd string 3YOs and older horses.

SS was not fit for more than 10 marks on a speed surface and thats why he spit the bit in the test of champions. Easy Goer would have gone 2.5 miles. SS was all in at 10 marks. He was a good muck and speed surface horse.