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Originally Posted by v j stauffer
Post positions as far as overall statistics will prove your point. Individual races though can be a factor. Like today for instance. Bejarano had the rail and that was an unqestioned advantage. It allowed him to dictate tactics to Rosario. Joel's only recourse would have been to do something stupid on Spinning Yarns and compromise her chances at getting second. Reverse the post positions and it's a photo. Just the difference in ground covered would have made the race very close.
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I watched the race a few more times to make sure I wasn't missing anything. If you want to pin it on something other than RB having the better horse today, since she did it pretty comfortably, you can put it on that ridiculous Warren's Highroller bothering Spinning Yarns early, costing him a better position into the first turn, You Lift Me Up missing the break and not being in her normal position keeping Bootleg Annie company up front (as you noted in the running,) and Bel Air Sizzle not running a lick (and I'm sure the other jockeys, including JR, were waiting on her to make a move SOMEWHERE in the race.)
Really, in the end, they carouseled around there with the moderate early pace so to say Joel Rosario did anything wrong is categorically unfair to him. He did a good job to secure second when the win was out of the question. I just hate the post position argument- especially in a 6 horse field where there is about 3/16ths of a mile to the first turn.