Boscar Obarra Wrote:
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> If the rail is playing well, you don\'t want to be
> wide on both turns. Maybe there was nothing to be
> done, maybe he could have tucked early 2w instead
> of 3w. Didn\'t do a horse NOT at his best any
> favors.
>
> I was against him today, but the way it panned
> out, he could have won (not by much) with less
> give up.
He broke running with Smith urging him to get into the race. He was 3W due to post position and race dynamics. Collected is on the rail, Accelerate on his flank, Arrogate just outside of him.
The pace wasn\'t particularly fast, so in order for him to try and get any type of position closer to the rail, he would have to somehow slow him down. 3W was the best he was going to do going into the 1st turn with an outside post and slow pace.
Maybe if you cut the corner turning for home he wins, but you\'re also assuming the horse puts in the same run. Who knows.
After a race its easy to steer a horse into the perfect trip to win, but if that was the real Arrogate it wouldn\'t have mattered.