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Originally Posted by Hwjb

For all that the winner was impressive and that the race was probably a weak renewal, I felt that George put up a fine effort, clearly failing for stamina rather than anything else.
Kinane gave him a good ride, and George seemed not to appreciate the bump he took on straightening up, his head going up, but that's by the by as his effort was petering out at that point. He travelled beautifully on the surface until the stretch where he found the additional two furlongs beyond him.
In my mind his performance confirms that he acts fully on dirt and probably justifies the commercial gamble Coolmore took by running him in the race.

Actually, he was trying the final eighth of a mile....personally, I think it was clearly the surface he wasn't handling moreso than the distance....If you watch the replay, his action - while trying and reaching out - was HORRIBLY sloppy...he was a fish out of water on the dirt....he was climbing and just never got the surface - which was expected.....I thought he actually showed more stamina than I thought he would....

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Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

he got beat by the tap and geeacomo!!!..not the best...david junior was a also ran ..with the right breeding..

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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

he got beat by the tap and geeacomo!!!..not the best...david junior was a also ran ..with the right breeding..

Yep...

I thought for certain that DJ would handle the surface better than GW (or at least have a better shot at it based upon his breeding)... was I wrong or what? :o

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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

he got beat by the tap and geeacomo!!!..not the best...david junior was a also ran ..with the right breeding..

David Junior was my EX partner under Bernardini.....then I saw him train Wed and Thurs on the dirt and that is when I got off of him....he is a neat little, small bodied horse, and while he throws his legs straight out from the shoulder instead of picking his knees up like most turf horses, he was a real flat horse and clearly looked like a turf horse to me.....he obviously was eased because he hated the dirt....I'm sure there was a point in time down the backstretch when Jamie had to pul hard on the right reins to keep him from jumping the rail and running onto the turf course :p

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Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

David Junior was my EX partner under Bernardini.....then I saw him train Wed and Thurs on the dirt and that is when I got off of him....

I must have missed that post. Feel free to reprint it.

I thought he was handling the surface pretty well....the fact that he got obliterated by Lawyer Ron in the stretch (chart called it a "bump") was the reason he finished where he did.