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Originally Posted by brockguy
Granted EC ran a howler, but im a bit surprised looking back that he was in the 9f race. For the 12f races in Dubai, it pays to have a bit of speed and you dont neccessarily have to stay the trip. Same could be said for Lava Man!!
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Kev, who knows why they chose the shorter of the two races?? I wondered that myself.
anyways..this quote on drf.com
"He never gave me any indication he was going to do any running," said jockey John Velazquez. "He got in the gate and fell asleep."
That quote tells me all I need to know. But again, I am not foolish enough, nor blinded by my admiration enough, to think that if EC had run his best race, that he would have gotten to the winner. Those turf horses over there are just on a different level than horses such as EC, Miesques Approval, etc...
Our level of turf racing in America can't hold a candle to the Euros.