SoCalMan2 Wrote:
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> miff Wrote:
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> > Number wise FL a contender with all services.
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> I could see people wondering if he can get the
> distance and wondering if his pattern coming into
> the race is optimal.....but it is hard for me to
> imagine anybody thinking that Firing Line does not
> have the number power. Coming into the Sunland
> race, he had yet to reach a reaction point with a
> most recent top of a "1"....it is hard to imagine
> that a 14+ length win was somehow a bounce. While
> I can see reasons to fault Firing Line, I just do
> not see number power as being one of them. I have
> to think a duplication of his top will make him at
> least competitive.

If the Sunland Derby fig for Firing Line is a bounce, then he must be given a "?" designation with that fig which calls into question whether it is really a bounce for the purposes of determining a reaction point for him.