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Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis
I dunno, Mike - I may beg to differ - I'm betting that cost him dearly...took him completely out of his game and spotted the field 6-8 lengths, still managed to rally, finishing better than anyone else (covering ground-wise)... I was thinking the opposite, he has the look of a career MSW lifer on paper and will be over looked next time out, but I'm thinking he's worth using at a nice price next time
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He will not be overlooked next out, unless there are a couple beasts in against him. If he runs against the same type group, he will be one of the favorites.
It's not like he has any speed. The bump knocked him back to last where he was probably going to end up anyway. It's a sucker trouble line when a horse that has no speed gets bothered at the start. He made the same closing move on Dec 10 and the public jumped on him the next out where he couldn't hit the board against arguably a slightly better group that the previous race. The competition is only going to get tougher as some of the late bloomers hit the track, then soon enough, he'll have to beat older horses too.
Speaking in Beyer terms as that seems to be the most common way to compare. He got a 50 for his efforts yesterday so in his three tries at Tampa, he is going backwards from a 59 to a 54 to a troubled 50. You aren't winning a straight 3yr old MSW at Tampa running in the 50's. Closing kick or not.
Unless he gets some class relief, he is not getting a dime of my money.