Re: Was it greed or ego??? (496 Views)
Posted by:
T Severini (IP Logged)
Date: August 30, 2015 07:54PM
miff Wrote:
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> Did not see Bafferts opinion, did see two pace fig
> guys say middle half cooked top two and winner did
> 3rd most running. You see those?
I agree with you.
On figures AP was one length better than a couple others. One of his best figures was in a battle at Churchill where a challenging pace scenario made him very vulnerable. The other was in a cruise at Monmouth where Saturday's winner was quickly working into him.
Frosted was wide and beaten three lengths after taking it to AP. And he most certainly did take it to him as the fractions below indicate.
It wasn't a surprise and can be replicated.
I did not read Bris, but heres what you had
24:28
24:02
23:18
23:60
26:49 for the finish extrapolating to
Winner 26:09.........Revision...it was 25:49...a good fraction considering. Man, I'm getting old.
AP 26:69
The track was a variable.
Am not going to put much stock in who said what, especially the losing camp. That camp had no issues until the 3/4 and mile marks where the fractions say the race was decided. That's when AP begin to rattle.