3rd October 2008, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by HORSE WHISPERER
Ive watched the race a few times and i can only see weekend hussler 3 wide from the 800 to about the 500. Pompeii Ruler to my eye was taking a fair amount of ground off the champ untill it got a fair check, then once he rebalanced was taking more ground off the hussler all the way to the line. I dont see in the race how he easily held P.R. watching the replay here http://www.horseracing.bigpond.com/ if there is another one showing the run differently please point it out.
By the way im definitely not bagging the horse, i dont know how anyone can. I just saw the run very differently. |
You're right there HW. He was posted 3-wide only in that part of the race where you don't want to be 3 wide, and at that stage he also had no cover and was sitting on a strong speed set by Maldivian. PR had the drop on him and would have beaten any other horse in Australia under similar circumstances.
I expect we agree that WH was the better run and better than the margin reflects.
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