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Originally Posted by NTamm1215
Who's confusing it to a Giacomo type result? The trip goes far beyond the fact that Smith saved ground then got a break every time he needed a spot before the sea parted for her just outside the eighth pole.
You can't possibly analyze trips without taking the pace into account and it worked incredibly well in Zenyatta's favor in the Classic.
Like I said before she won despite some negative pace setups earlier in her career, of course she beat complete mediocrities in doing so, but she did it nonetheless.
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It wasn't like everything went her way completely, she had a flat footed start spotted the field more than a few lengths, like I said this is a grade one field with fractions of 24.16 - 47.88 fractions a walk in the park for a horse like Regal Ransom. I think what is lost or taken for granted is the ease in which she went by the best dirt/synth field of the yr, we can argue surfaces but you put a very good horse on a big stage and she still exceeds expectations, that's something great in my books.
12-01-2009, 10:17 PM
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