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Originally Posted by whodey17
I am worried that Sun King just doesnt know how to win. He runs very competitive races but for some reason he doesnt seem to cross the wire first. I believe his last win was the Commonwealth at Keeneland. So I guess he is 1 for his last 8 or 9 races.
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It's hard to believe he would have beaten Invasor last year---if he hadn't done his best impersonation of Perfect Drift or Balletto....although, he's shown a good deal of hang in many other races.
When you think of last years Whitney Handicap, you think of the old Chinese Proverb "three smelly tailors can defeat one Zhuge Liang."
Perhaps Invasor hasn't yet matched the unparalleled brillance that the warlord stratigist displayed in 3rd century China....
But one smelly jockey and two pretty decent horses weren't quite enough to defeat one Invasor last summer.
The premature inside move by Jara..to engage Flower Alley early, combined with eye-balling a Travers winner through 5f's in a stressful midrace battle, combined with having a fresh Sun King ready to mop up the lone survivor of that battle...compounded to give Invasor a legit excuse had he lost...but to his credit, he desperately fought off Sun King.
Here's a great picture of them off the turn, eye-ball to eye-ball, both with ears pinned...Flower Alley leaning on him a little, about to finally crack...and have horses like We Can Seek and West Virgina blow past him in the very late stages. Sun King's ready to pounce.
