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Originally Posted by GPK
Richi, let me ask you a question, if I may. Do you think in the Arlington Million that EC was compromised by he far outside post position, then he was bumped even wider out of the gate by Cacique and then raced 3 wide for most of the race?? If the roles had been reversed and EC broke from the 2 hole made an easy lead and led through soft fractions and TTM had the same type trip as EC did, would TTM have done any better than EC did???? Would any horse have done any better than EC did that day??
Anyone that thinks that Cacique is that much better is fooling themselves. They didn't see the way that EC ran by him in the UN like he was standing still.
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No, I don't think EC had a legitimate excuse in the Million. The trip he had was not my definition of a troubled trip. You watch the races every day. How many winners have a perfect trip and hug the rail all the way around the track? There aren't that many. Horses win every day going 3 wide. If you call that trouble, then you must have about 2,000 horses on your watch-list because there are probably 2 or 3 horses in every race that have a trip like that. there is no way he was going to beat The Tin Man that day. If it would have been a 2 horse field with just the two of them, EC would have lost by a couple of lengths.