Re: HAFTA ASK JERRY CAN'T ASK FRIEDMAN! (595 Views)
Posted by:
bobphilo (IP Logged)
Date: March 07, 2006 01:56PM
Mike,
I think the slowish early fractions would have contributed to a faster final time rather than the other way around. They still finished slower than they began and if they'd gone faster early, they would have finished even slower due to fatigue. I've just done a pace analysis of the race and will post it to my Yahoo group today. It will go into more detail and you can see it there.
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/Horses_and_Racing_Forum/
First Samurai got away with what seemed like an easy early lead and had he been in better form would have finished more strongly in much better time.
I think that BOTH the slow final time and slow fractions were caused by either a slow track or slow horses (or fast horses putting in a sub-par performance) - or a combination of both.
Bob
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