tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post4626761543294838854..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: Lexington Pretty for Slew's TizzyAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-54808902833105867182007-04-22T11:36:00.000-04:002007-04-22T11:36:00.000-04:00Let's see, Biancone is so confident that he doesnt...Let's see, Biancone is so confident that he doesnt race the horse all year and then with his one shot to get the earning needed to run in the Derby he decides not to use lasix.<BR/><BR/>The horse bleeds, surprise surprise. <BR/><BR/>If I was lucky enough to be the owner my horses would have been out of his barn before Belgravia cooled out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-75153865865399550222007-04-22T00:16:00.000-04:002007-04-22T00:16:00.000-04:00Someone else mentioned the kickback to me after th...Someone else mentioned the kickback to me after the first couple of races. Perhaps they did something to the track on Lexington Day, after all the flak they received about the Blue Grass?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-77265986018129699242007-04-21T20:48:00.000-04:002007-04-21T20:48:00.000-04:00I think you are right on about jocks psyching them...I think you are right on about jocks psyching themselves out about the track at Keeneland! After Robby Albarado made a comment in his post-race interview about the track changing over the past couple of days, I went back over the full charts of the past week, and actually a goodly number of horses that finished 1 or 2 either led or were within a length of the lead the entire race. Mostly this was true in sprints, but even in routes there were examples of wire-to-wire winners. I didn't completely examine fractional times, but it does seem likely that once jocks see that early speed can hold, they will let them run more. Are there polytrack experts out there that can weigh in about how temperature, moisture, wear, etc. affects the track surface over a period of sustained usage?Valerie Grashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696887655473752690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-82011368569893507912007-04-21T20:26:00.000-04:002007-04-21T20:26:00.000-04:00AlanI thought there was much more kickback in the ...Alan<BR/><BR/>I thought there was much more kickback in the track today than last week. I don't think I was imagining it.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03874325506841146077noreply@blogger.com