Re: Street Sense/Hard Spun on the Poly @ TP (389 Views)
Posted by:
Street Sense (IP Logged)
Date: October 01, 2007 08:35PM
Lost Cause Wrote:
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> "Street Sense Wrote:
> > HS might just go off the favorite in this race
> > considering the distance, surface and expected
> > pace. SS has shown in his last two that he's
> much
> > more ineffective and loses his closing kick when
>
> > he has to stay up closer to the pace. SS is
> going
> > to have to run faster earlier than ever before.
>
> > HS may run him off his feet.
>
> God, I'm good."
>
> Hey Street..
> I wasn't trying to say that he should not go off
> favorite in the race. I absolutely agreed with
> all of your points above including the fact that
> Nafzger would not have Street Sense fully cranked
> for that race and I felt Hard Spun should be the
> favorite also. I was just saying that money will
> be bet on Street Sense regardless of how the race
> is going to set up because he is the Derby
> winner...and people love to bet the Derby winner
> no matter what...In the end Street Sense still
> went off as th favorite in the race...not by much
> but he did go off the favorite because people love
> to bet the dreby winner...
Thanks, Lost Cause. I was seeing so much concession of this race to Hard Spun prior to it being run that I really thought it was possible that he could be at lower odds than the Derby winner. Considering the fan factor the Derby winner gets (particularly one this hyped and still considered at the top of the class), I thought it was pretty interesting.
I love this crop of 3yos, they've made this a hell of a fun year.