dennish Wrote:
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> Garcia \"gave\" the race away on the first turn not
> the second. He was actually outside of Zenyatta,
> in about the 4 or 5 path with no one inside him,
> around the entire first turn. What made him think
> that was a good idea? Maybe riding to
> instructions? Doubt it.
That is what I thought and posted originally. However, P-Dub pointed out that if Garcia had gone to the rail, almost certainly Smith would have taken the rail behind him. When I watched the video the first time, I had thought that Smith saved more ground on the first turn than Garcia and thought Garcia lost the race because Smith picked up a length of ground on the first turn. That is why I said assume they were one path different. P-Dub pointed out that my viewing of the video was wrong. I went back to look, and I now think P-Dub was right (at least, based on the poor quality of the video i was looking at, I think chances are P-Dub is right about relative ground on the first turn). If you only look at the replay once and not carefully, you do get the feeling that Garcia spotted Smith a length of ground on that first turn. The Hollywood Park Head On replay of this race is malpractice level bad for anybody who makes videos. They condensed the race to 1:05, so just imagine how much you miss.
