Look Out, Quality Road

[the_fat_man]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

It was a risky ride. He doesn't need to be that far off the pace. If you're behind Grand Couturier early, you're doing something wrong.

This was a riding clinic by Dominguez. Dominguez by his riding shows that he has a HIGH LEVEL understanding of setups. (Listening to other jocks speak, as well as witnessing their rides, indicates that they don't). It's common to assume that a horse loose on the lead in very slow fractions just won't come back. This is true when this horse is bid at prematurely. When you try to get a horse like this late turn or early stretch, you'll fail, as, more often than not, this horse will have enough to come back again. We see this countless times in races. Try to get the same horse late stretch, and in most cases you'll succeed. Dominguez showed this, with confidence, last week. Anyone else on GP, panics, rushes him on the turn, and probably has the speed come back again. Dominguez goes by him in a hand ride.