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Originally Posted by Kasept
Not sure what you're saying here as a response to what I wrote. In fact, it is indecipherable.
"Get up for 2nd?" That would imply that Mambo in Seattle arrived late on the scene passing horses near the finish to gain the placement behind a clear winner. In fact, he hooked up with the winner approaching midstretch and dueled to the wire to lose what was the closest photograph in the history of the Travers, and one that many thought a dead heat.
My point was empathy for Howard and what I believe was the better horse Saturday in Mambo in Seattle, and additionally that while Colonel John is an admirable horse having a nice year, the Casner/Walden WinStar team are not endearing subjects for fan adulation.
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Let me first say I am no fan of Albarado, but what could he have done differently, if he stays where he was, he wouldn't have hit the board with all the trouble that went on in front of him and this horses 'style' almost causes him to be wide a majority of the time, especially in large field races.
Personally I think Colonel John's 'trouble' has been exaggerated, it was more Gomez jerking the horse because he was going to be ****ed if he didn't get to that gap because Da Tara was backing up. I actually think CJ got a perfect trip
Mambo was by far the best horse on Saturday, but from his prior races, he wasn't the type of horse that blows by people anyways.
More importantly, how about Thoro-pattern having both horses at 42% to run a top, and them running 1-2....