Bandini and High Limit

After looking at the replay of the race and  fractions of the other routes Saturday, I\'m fairly convinced that the middle part of the Blue Grass was actually pretty hot and that both Bandini and High Limit (and Closing Argument/Spanish Chestnut for that matter) all ran better than the \"final time\"  indicates. They did come home kind of slow, but there was a legit reason for that.



Post Edited (04-17-05 10:23)

[jimbo66]

Disagree CH.

This debate sounds like a much weaker version of the \"internal fractions in the Belmont killing Smarty Jones\" debate.

I don\'t see how T-Graph can give a big number to anybody in the race.  (although I would guess the T-Graph number for BAndini will be relatively big compared to Beyer because of the 3w, 3w)

Give Bandini a \"1\", High Limit goes backwards, maybe Sun King pairs up his Tampa Race, Consolidator runs back to his San Vicente.  Ugly, ugly, ugly.

[miff]

Class,

The pace was just faster than average for the day. High Limit had a dream trip and spit it out in a last eight of 14 seconds.A \"real\" horse takes over from SC and draws off or at least battles to the wire with that trip.

When I watched the race the first time I thought it was pretty mediocre, but if you look at the 6F fraction of the other 2 routes relative to their final times, it\'s pretty clear the BG had a fast 6F split (not killer, but faster than average).

Since the first quarter of the race was rather slow, it appears all the action took place in the 2nd and 3rd quarter.

I\'m not sure what TG will or should give the race. I just think it was a better race than I thought when I watched it live. I don\'t think High Limit would have any chance dealing with an \"in form\" Bellamy Road on the lead though.



Post Edited (04-17-05 16:46)