Re: TG: Good ROTW Anlaysis (767 Views)
Posted by:
TGJB (IP Logged)
Date: July 15, 2002 10:44PM
mandown wrote:
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> AB
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> Was that really you? Are you pleading the Nuremberg defence?
>
> At least it explains why JB was so keen to make excuses for
> Momentum. Whatever happened on the clubhouse turn Momentum
> looked a lock to beat Sky Jack at the furlong pole but failed
> to deliver. And that against the 'lone speed' (but not fourth
> favourite) who had been forced three wide on that same
> clubhouse turn. I'm with Friedman on this one. Whatever the
> scenario was for opposing Sky Jack - not certain to stay,
> needs to be lone speed, bounce candidate - the horse clearly
> hadn't read the script. Sometimes even the best can be beaten
> by one better. Rather than excuse the second (or blame its
> jockey) why not give credit where its due - to a horse (the
> real stars of the game after all) that did better than many
> an expert expected? Momentum ran good, Sky Jack ran better. Et tu?
Not as measured by performance figures,which take ground loss into effect--Momentum was outside Sky Jack on both turns.
TGJB
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