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It'll never happen The Kentucky Derby is the equivalent of one possession in basketball. And any basketball team can win a possession against any other. But to win the National Championship, you have to win the most possessions for 6 straight games, assuming you get there to begin with.
What happened in this years Derby is that an unprecedented pace was set early and all the key players were gassed coming down the stretch. I think Rich Strike ran the last 1/4th of a mile in 22 and change(which is good, but it's just that he was able to do it late while taking it easy early. None of the other horses that he caught did better than 25 and change. That's 3 seconds which equates to more than 15 lengths. That's terrible.
Let's say the super fast pace is equivalent to a heavy underdog basketball team coming out and surprisingly playing full court pressure from the get go to get a quick 10 point lead. The coach calls timeout and readjusts for it and the game goes on and favorite probably comes back and wins. There's no timeouts in horseracing to adjust.
Last edited by Smitty10; 05-11-2022 at 08:41 PM..
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