Is this the best we have?

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by boswd

I mean come on Politcal Force ran the 1 1/4 race in 2:00.5 That actually quite impressive. Much much better than the more highly regarded Lava Man's performance of 2:03 for the same distance.

If you think Political Force's win was anything close to impressive then you must I have seen a different running of the Suburban than I did. I saw a horse get an absolutely perfect trip and spend the final eighth of a mile looking for a place to lay down. He wasn't wandering all over the stretch because he was " finding more." Fairbanks, who was basically finished at the top of the stretch, was actually giving the illusion that he was coming back at Political Force.

Bottom line.....the older horse handicap division doesn't even exist. It's a bunch of modified allowance horses masquarading as quality. They may fool some people but they aren't fooling me.