[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Bobby Fischer

Now you and Danzig have stressed this point several times as fact.

Also have seen Danzig say that Jones "switched his tactics" and had originally wanted to rate just off Papa Clem , but adjusted to the speedway track and decided to try and steal the race.

So was it tactics or a rank uncontrollable horse?

obviously a moot point, but this stuff is interesting

I never heard Jones say anything like that. I only heard Thompson being intereviewed on the track and he said pretty much what was expected, that he'd let his course of action be decided by the break and if Papa Clem was sent, he'd try to rate off of him but if not, he'd just let his horse go where he naturally wanted to go. I expected him to be on the lead all along because I thought he had more natural speed than anyone else in the field. I don't think the horse was rank and uncontrollable though. Just that he wants to run fast and that it's in your best interest to let him do what he wants to do and not fight him because then you take even more out of him. Some horses naturally rate themselves. Old Fashioned didn't appear to be one of those.