Fact is, you can't ride any pure speed horse from the inside the same way you can from an outside post. Doesn't matter if it's at 4/5 or 45-1. If you're outside you can break a half-step slow or choose to lay just off with still a clear path ahead of you. From the inside, no "in-race" options allowed. You either send hard or decide VERY quickly to tug and go around. I doubt TMB would have been good enough to go around Songster that day. I also thought Gomez was indecisive and laying about 1/2 off the top two down the back killed any chance he had. The only other explanation is that TMB just didn't run to his capability that day.
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07-04-2006, 08:55 AM
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