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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Don't you think it's more important to mention that she was the only horse out of seven that didn't gun for the lead and was the beneficiary of a huge relative pace?
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I agree that the highly favorable pace setup more than made up for any ground she lost on the far turn.
Also, as I recall, the second place finisher was hung up about just as wide around the first turn as the winner was around the 2nd turn.
I don't think the winner did much more from a ground loss standpoint than the 2nd place horse - and I'd much rather be wide catapulting around tiring horses on the far turn ... than caught wide with a speed horse while up near a very strong pace in the first turn.
Also agree that the Remsen field - going 9fs with that kind of pace - were setup to look bad - and the winner had a bad trip to boot - but the winner sort of has a look of a dog biscuit to me...and the ones behind him have no look at best.