Re: By the way... (791 Views)
Posted by:
miff (IP Logged)
Date: March 29, 2015 07:46AM
Apparently they did look, did not see sufficient cause to post a stewards inquiry, and made it official before a jockey claim was made.....hmmm rare.
The outcome was not affected by the herding, Materiality took Upstarts best shot before the incident and shook him off. Upstart no Smarty, imo,very average finish last 70 yards predictive of him maybe not wanting 10f.Thought he should have head bobbed Materiality to the wire, may not want to be as close up as he was yesterday. That's the second tough grueling race he's run over a tiring surface which may set him back.
Materiality, unraced at 2, faces the curse of Apollo AND the curse of Rags where he is slow. His first race figure was equal to a TG 9 and a Beyer of 76,that's only off by about 5+ lengths, not bad for $35 potatoes!
Not surprising, off raw times yesterday, that Materiality got a 110 Beyer (neg TG -2.25) and Upstart 108 (neg TG 1.25)