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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
I think you are finally losing it DrugS. Street Sense was helped by the rail trip in the Derby, but wasn't Hard Spun helped out by the strangle hold that was put on Stormello?
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Please don't tell me you are trying to compare the trip HS got--with the one SS got --- for their respective styles.
That would be pretty crazy.
Hard Spun set a very fast pace in a race loaded with high quality speed horses---the fact that Stormello was rated hard takes nothing away from his performance.
It seems as though you are not taking the Derby pace into consideration when evaluating SS's trip....I know you'll admit his "trip" was the luckiest you've ever seen in a big race.....but it was also further setup by the fast pace--- which we all expected he'd get going in.