Re: B.C. Review (944 Views)
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Mall (IP Logged)
Date: October 29, 2002 09:06PM
The reason Storm Flag is one of the greatest isn't just because of her impressive nos. She didn't see Composure until that one got by, but when she did you all saw what happened. Fortunately for her, Composure passed her early enough in the stretch to give her time to fight back. IMHO, the only way she was(and maybe is) going to lose was if she beat herself & she was perfectly calm in the paddock & on the track before the race. Give her connections credit for not giving the jock a leg up until she was through the tunnel, in light of her previous "freezing" episodes.
I have an open mind, but there is research which suggests that one of the few times that AP doesn't have a dead rail is when the main track is drying out, which was the case on Sat. I think looking at the charts & considering the relative abilities of the horses, one could make the case that at best the one path might have been at a disadvantage & that if anything the other inside paths were the place to be.
I was in the Orientate is lame camp long before it was fashionable, but know I wasn't the person who started it. And at least I can say that I did what I could to try to verify it. Who do you suppose started it all, or was it just one of those things that spreads like an urban myth?