big18741 Wrote:
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> Two knocks on Wicked Strong assuming his last #
> makes him competitive:
>
> He looked like a staggering drunk in the stretch
> of the Wood(watch the head on replay)Not sure what
> to make of it but I'm hesitant to play a horse
> back that is all over the place in the lane like
> he was.A little drifting I'm okay with.Maybe
> somebody with some insight can comment.
>
> He takes a while to get going.No trouble in the
> Wood always being in the clear but in a twenty
> horse field where you might have to stop and
> start,beat another horse to a spot,or find a seam
> he could be in trouble.


but WS's stretch run was pretty fast. 6.11 and 6.14 bursts after changing leads, and a 6.37 final 1/16. not a bad final 3/16 for a 9f race over that surface.