Henny Hughes and High Finance..
 

..both were given 108 Beyer figs.....although Henny's race was a walk in the park so comparing him to High Finance isn't fair....

What impressed me the most was how easily he handled the early pressure. That's a big plus going into the BC.

just remember to be objective about hennys race now....i mean, his beyer would have been one or two points in either direction had mach speed not had a bad start.....:rolleyes:

just remember all that when you handicap their next races!

Mach speed wouldn't have hit the board......

I'll be sure to throw Mach Speed out next race.

High Finance won ridden out. Three cracks of the whip at the eighth-pole ... then a hand ride. He went much more easily than Henny Hughes in the early part ... and closed much faster because of the encouragement.

Henny won more easily and carried five more pounds ... a better effort ... but not by all that much.

i was assuming you guys DID read the henny hughes thread....we all got 'schooled'....:D

Very true, and another primary factor for me is that henny was pushed early by better horses, which counts for a lot in my book...the stress of competition being at a higher level always gives a better class account than the time for me....

You all can't be serious again can you?
What the **** is going on around this place? Are you all hungover?

It has nothing to do with cracks of the whip(which won't even get you a length) or any of the other nonsense menationed here.

It has to do with pace!!! High Finance went in 23 flat and 45:4. very soft fractions on yesterdays strip which allowed him to have a full tank of gas and fly home.

HH went in 22:2 and 44:3. Do you really have to be a ****ing rocket scientist to see that he used far more energy early and therefore had a superior race to the other horse? I mean folks, this is handicapping 101.

Again ... I ask the same question I always ask ...

If it's so easy to have a full tank and fly home after very soft fractions ...

... how come none of the other horses did it?