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04-07-2007, 10:03 PM
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With a sprinter like Black Seventeen making his first route start as well as distance-challenged King of the Roxy coming of a sprint and pace-pressers like Level Red and Liquidity in the race, there was every potential for there to be a scenario for a meltdown. And that's exactly what you got. John Shirreffs TOOK THE BLINKERS OFF Tiago today, as he said earlier this week that he thought he had figured some things out with this curious colt. Blinks off meant he was going to be far more relaxed early in the race and simply come with the one run that is naturally to his liking. As a son of Pleasant Tap, he was sure to like the added distance as well, and all that added up to what you saw today. A pace meltdown.. natural stretch runner getting a set-up.. ran them all down when everybody else up front completely stopped running... Viola.
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