[Revidere]

Originally Posted by pba1817

Horrible ride, Albarado was out rode by smarter and better jockeys all three in which finished in front of him. It was not the surface either, it was poor decision making and a awful judge of pace.

You're kidding right? The horse who finished just ahead (Tiago) of him hadn't finished within 5 lengths of him in any of 4 starts on dirt. Are you telling me the form magically reversed itself?

With that slow pace(which was a given when one read the PP's), why not wait a little longer, save ground, and make a run for the wire in the stretch??

The horse hasn't come from between horses in 2 years. Good strategy. Let's take the biggest race of the year and change tactics. Not one dirt (ha ha)race was one on the inside paths.
IMO... He rode the horse like the win was a guarantee and the only thing that was of concern was by how many lengths were to be between him and the field.

He rode the race exactly as he had every others on the horse. If you look at the race it bears a striking resemblance to the Man O'War, where he hung late on...............TURF.

To the thread topic, Curlin was/is not the best in 25 years. I would not have thought so if he had won this race by 32 lengths. This field was very questionable, with no real legit G1 winners other than the Euros.

And to use the thread starter's example, Easy Goer beat It's Acedemic, Clevor Trevor and DeRoche.