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![]() I agree with Cannon...he wasn't winning today. I bet him to win...he simply didn't have enough in the tank & wouldn't have even with a more patient ride.
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![]() He moved WAY too soon and cost his mount at least a 2nd place finish in my opinion.
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![]() Quote:
(But I'm not saying that very loud, Racing Gods, okay?)
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![]() Typical Javier premature move. I too was reminded of his ride on Bernardini.
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![]() Orb......................... :24.29 :24.22 :23.74 :24.68 :25.97 Rosario J 5.40
Golden Soul .............:24.12 :24.31 :23.72 :25.03 :26.13 Albarado R J 34.50 Revolutionary ...........:24.54 :24.15 :23.72 :25.05 :26.02 Borel C H 6.40 Normandy Invasion... :23.68 :23.12 :23.89 :25.48 :27.34 Castellano J J 9.30 Mylute .....................:24.63 :24.05 :23.48 :25.12 :26.24 Napravnik R 15.30 Oxbow .....................:22.88 :23.41 :24.11 :25.85 :28.29 Stevens G L 24.90 Lines of Battle ..........:23.93 :24.32 :23.87 :25.32 :27.43 Moore R L 31.90 Will Take Charge .......:23.64 :24.00 :24.06 :25.31 :27.95 Court J K 36.40 Charming Kitten ........:23.66 :24.17 :23.45 :26.09 :27.77 Prado E S 33.20 Giant Finish ..............:23.47 :23.58 :24.32 :26.19 :27.60 Espinoza J L 38.60 Overanalyze .............:23.95 :24.22 :23.87 :26.04 :27.09 Bejarano R 16.20 Palace Malice ............:22.57 :22.76 :24.47 :26.53 :28.86 Smith M E 23.70 Java's War ...............:25.31 :23.73 :23.55 :25.22 :27.72 Leparoux J R 21.50 Verrazano ................:22.77 :23.15 :24.56 :26.11 :28.98 Velazquez J R 8.70 Itsmyluckyday ..........:22.96 :23.58 :24.57 :26.09 :29.48 Trujillo E 9.50 Frac Daddy ...............:23.39 :24.27 :24.30 :26.29 :28.76 Lebron V 25.00 Goldencents .............:22.59 :23.53 :24.56 :27.16 :33.48 Krigger K 7.90 Vyjack .....................:22.86 :23.08 :24.71 :27.69 :33.52 Gomez G K 18.80 Falling Sky ...............:22.76 :24.21 :24.66 :26.80 :33.48 Saez L 39.70 Visually it appears as though Normandy Invasion moved too fast when overtaking the four runners in front of him around the far turn. The incremental splits tell a different story. The horses in front of him were backing into the field. It was his 2nd quarter mile where he accelerated too quickly and passed 5 horses to get into 7th place. Only the pacesetter and Vyjack ran faster during that time frame. It's unreasonable to think he could have slowed his horse down any more than he did in that 4th quarter. The damage had already been done. |
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![]() Quote:
![]() --Dunbar
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![]() The move might have been a little early but I also think Tapits don't want to go 10F. His AWD is high but he's also only had 1 winner going 10F and Tapit also stopped at about the same time in the Derby.
Want a really bad trouble line? Watch the overhead and take a look at Will Take Charge. Moves in concert with Orb, actually appears to be moving a little better than him for a bit around the turn, then Verrazano backs up into him and Orb takes the outside line, Court tries to dive inside but it's too late and has to pull up and just flat out stops COLD. Would have been in the super for sure and might have even challenged for 1st/2nd. Hats off to Lukas for having both horses run really well when there was a lot of buzz that both were doing poorly.
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