Templeton,
You need to move on. You made a very dumb post, on the wrong board. People here, at least a good majority, understand the game.
Even your secondary \"re-trenched\" position, ala Trump, doesn\'t hold water. Nothing wrong with the Flintshire ride. Circumstances. Flintshire has no gate speed. U wanted him to send? The horse who figured to send, did, and the competition race Rode him quite a bit. Locking him in.
As for Destin, upon first reaction, as somebody who singled Destin, I was angry he didn\'t try to at least get within a half length of the winner. Then I watched the replay, after the anger was gone, and what I saw was a horse who had every chance to win, had a better trip than governor Malibu and couldn\'t even beat him. Pletcher didn\'t have the horse ready to run his A race.
Judging a jockey purely on paths is silly, even for s Kool-aid drinker. It is certainly a dimension, but Frenchie has good stats there and I wouldn\'t let him ride my tractor. Javier an astute judge of pace. Case in point would be today. I tossed Rays at the Bar , partly on value, but mostly because as a plodder who is always at the back of the pack, he figured to be up against it in a race with no pace. Instead, Javier somehow gets him out of the gate, just off the front runner, in position. And he wins
Good luck with your next post topic
Jim
