Dutrow loses appeal

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Yeah.. There's no way a horse could possibly go :25.3, :52.0, 1:16.3 & 1:40.4 on the front end and win in 1:52.4 in restricted company. Setting an outrageous pace like that, how could the whole field not blow past him? Of course off that 10th place finish v. open company -- which came as a prep for the Sun Mill after being away 11 months -- I suppose he might have been 80-1 had he not been an obvious play on the sheets and listed as a Best Bet for Thoro-Graph users.

I know a couple of smart handicappers, not Thorograph or Sheets users, who liked him as well. Clearly there were ample reasons to like him ( and, as you said, the absurd pace didn't hurt ).

I was surprised Javier dropped the favorite completely out of it. It was clearly a paceless race, he has shown some speed in the past, an Javier is one of the few who takes advantage of the frequent grabfests.