Jeradi DRF article on the San Antonio

[Rich Curtis]

Miff,

Is this the sentence that bothers you most?

\"They [meaning the three-year-olds] were able to run a really fast time because they were attending a really fast pace.\"

If so, I think the problem might be how we define his use of \"fast.\"

Does he mean \"fast pace\" relative to all paces/races?

Or does he mean \"fast pace\" relative to the ability of the horses in the race?

If he means it the first way, then a top horse can run at a pace that would be really fast for the average horse but is quite tame for a horse of his ability, and he can use this pace as a springboard to a fast final time.

If he means it the second way, then he is out of his mind.

[miff]

Rich,

First off, I think Jerardi is no fool when it comes to making figures/knowing the game.What you wrote is in line as to my take on \"fast pace\" and it\'s effect on final whole figures.Not certain if Jerardi didn\'t kinda generalize.

Mike

[ruthlessman]

Dortmund actually ran to a 115 while Shared Belief posted a 112.
I believe that is what I read earlier in the week.

[prist]

Opening paragraph:

Once I got past the euphoria of seeing a race between two marquee horses play out exactly as we all had hoped when Shared Belief and California Chrome hooked up with 100 yards to go last Saturday

They \"hooked up?\" What, for a brief second? SHARED BELIEF rolls up on CALIFORNIA CHROME just outside the 1/8 pole and pulls away. There was no battle. Yeah, I was anticipating one, at that point, but it never materialized.

I don\'t have all the data in front of me, but a 106 Beyer is right in line with what SHARED BELIEF has been running on Thoro-Graph.

[prist]

Jerardi points to HOPPERTUNITY, and the margin of defeat, as an indication the number is probably gonna come back fast. OK, well, what about the rest of the field? HOPPERTUNITY was in a photo for third with horses at 30/1 and above.

[Tavasco]

Which arguably ran a two (2).

[Rich Curtis]

Aw, Cal Chrome\'s defeat was the most heroic defeat since the Battle of Kosovo (1389 version).

By the way, \"hook up\" means \"meet,\" even if you\'re circling above a DRF writer like a carrion bird.

(What you should do is nail him on the yards.)