KNS: #2, Tampa 4th Friday

Originally Posted by Kasept

You don't move a horse outside into or while in a turn when you've "got" horse under you and you've been saving ground with intent. The reasoning is that the tiring horse(s) ahead of you will bear out OFF THE TURN as they tire and open the rail where you've been in the catbird seat because you have horse.

The tiring horse in front of KNS and Rosie couldn't even make it to the top of the stretch before tiring and started to back up surprisingly early. Especially given the fractions to three-quarters. Rosemary had no choice but to wait until a seam developed and hope that there wasn't too much ground to make up once in the open. Unfortunately, there was..

But you don't 'give up' your rail position because you think 'there may be trouble later'... It's easy to say "that was the place to move" after the fact when you know what happened a quarter of a mile later..

Now see this is what is interesting because it was not after the fact. While watching the race I said to myself holy !!!! a little daylight, now the move. I expected it while watching the race before I knew there would be trouble. I had no idea where the trouble was going to occur.

But I do understand the idea of the tired turf horses bearing out unable to hold a tight turn while weakened and then moving past on the inside instead of swinging wide.

Thanks.