miff, I'm certainly not going to listen to others on the Bluegrass fractions at this point. I flat out don't believe any of them and am not trying to be controversial.

Theres no way a horse can slow fractions down to .52 and 1.16.3 on a fast track and not hang on. I can't help it if others think Teuflesberg is a light hearted horse. I think hes improving and has about the best foundation of any horse slated to start in the Derby.

I don't want to hear one more word about a throttled pace unless its from Prado's mouth and if it does come from there hes pulling a "Bush" on you.

Poly has a very interesting quality being petroleum bound. Theres no real opportunity for the "in-contact" substance to hold moisture. That track at Keeneland is a case study in a bad experiment. Look at the times closely from there. Its a transformer surface. The come home times are very difficult to synthesize. Is it all pace? Is it some track inconsistency? Is there timing inconsistency? Something is very wrong there. Not being able to rely upon time, I'm going with what can be observed. I really dont care if I'm alone on it. All that matters is being correct upon it.

CtC



miff Wrote:
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> Chuck said:
>
>
> "Odd they slowed the pace down that much last week
> and yet the two closers still got up. It could be
> that those two were head and shoulders above the
> pace horses. It could also be the pace was closer
> to legit."
>
>
> Chuck,
>
> The BG has been discussed and written about
> throughout the game. Not one opinion was that the
> "pace was closer to legit". I'll assume you are
> just trying to be controversial, because from your
> postings it is clear you know better.It was the
> slowest pace in the modern history of the BG and
> 30 minutes prior a horse ran app 1.21+ for 7f, so
> the surface was not slow.
>
> I agree that on a normal track,Forty Grams would
> have a substanial tactical edge.
>
>
> Mike



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