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Disagree with that in a certain sense.

Watch it again Headstrong and you'll see that Thomas, inexplicably actually gives him a smack no more than a hundred or so yards from the line..

Not sure whether the horse was getting tired or Thomas just 'making sure', but the notion that he was heavily eased on the run-in is simply not true.. [/b]

Didn't say he was *eased* and didn't mean to imply it - just that he seemed to run on of his own volition and ST didn't seem to need to 'get after him', tho watching that YouTube rerun I do see those slaps which hardly seem necessary - esp the last one! In realtime, the horse didn't seem to be stopping or faltering at all, and he was miles in front. I was standing watching with Crazyhorse on the O&T/Annual Members steps which is opposite the big screen and the run-in so we had a good view!

I've watched Hennessys where all the horses inc the winner were being 'got after' all down the straight - ie very hard fought finishes. There was no point this time, with Denman, nor really with the second as he wasn't going to be caught either [imo!]. 0aybe young Sam just got overexcited and went onto autopilot - or overdrive! He wasn't going to risk a "Central House" moment after all

Anyway, I think the clip bears out my impression that Mordin is talking ballocks

Fantastic to watch it again, thanks for putting that up, my mac doesn't support ruk/atr reruns

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<blockquote data-quote="Sara" data-source="post: 2122557" data-attributes="member: 65329">Disagree with that in a certain sense.Watch it again Headstrong and you&#039;ll see that Thomas, inexplicably actually gives him a smack no more than a hundred or so yards from the line..Not sure whether the horse was getting tired or Thomas just &#039;making sure&#039;, but the notion that he was heavily eased on the run-in is simply not true.. [/b]</blockquote>Didn&#039;t say he was *eased* and didn&#039;t mean to imply it - just that he seemed to run on of his own volition and ST didn&#039;t seem to need to &#039;get after him&#039;, tho watching that YouTube rerun I do see those slaps which hardly seem necessary - esp the last one! In realtime, the horse didn&#039;t seem to be stopping or faltering at all, and he was miles in front.&nbsp; I was standing watching with Crazyhorse on the O&amp;T/Annual Members steps which is opposite the big screen and the run-in so we had a good view!I&#039;ve watched Hennessys where all the horses inc the winner were being &#039;got after&#039; all down the straight - ie very hard fought finishes. There was no point this time, with Denman, nor really with the second as he wasn&#039;t going to be caught either [imo!].&nbsp; 0aybe young Sam just got overexcited and went onto autopilot - or overdrive!&nbsp; He wasn&#039;t going to risk a &quot;Central House&quot; moment after allAnyway, I think the clip bears out my impression that Mordin is talking ballocksFantastic to watch it again, thanks for putting that up, my mac doesn&#039;t support ruk/atr reruns&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Sara, post: 2122557, member: 65329"] Disagree with that in a certain sense. Watch it again Headstrong and you'll see that Thomas, inexplicably actually gives him a smack no more than a hundred or so yards from the line.. Not sure whether the horse was getting tired or Thomas just 'making sure', but the notion that he was heavily eased on the run-in is simply not true.. [/b][/quote] Didn't say he was *eased* and didn't mean to imply it - just that he seemed to run on of his own volition and ST didn't seem to need to 'get after him', tho watching that YouTube rerun I do see those slaps which hardly seem necessary - esp the last one! In realtime, the horse didn't seem to be stopping or faltering at all, and he was miles in front. I was standing watching with Crazyhorse on the O&T/Annual Members steps which is opposite the big screen and the run-in so we had a good view! I've watched Hennessys where all the horses inc the winner were being 'got after' all down the straight - ie very hard fought finishes. There was no point this time, with Denman, nor really with the second as he wasn't going to be caught either [imo!]. 0aybe young Sam just got overexcited and went onto autopilot - or overdrive! He wasn't going to risk a "Central House" moment after all Anyway, I think the clip bears out my impression that Mordin is talking ballocks Fantastic to watch it again, thanks for putting that up, my mac doesn't support ruk/atr reruns :( [/QUOTE]

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