Y14 Autumn Dawn Treader Cup

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July Week Two - Y14 AUTUMN DAWN TREADER CUP* - 9F - Dirt - OPEN
Gate One:

Prizes: Surface Supreme & 1 Furlong extension

[blockquote][b]Y14 AUTUMN DAWN TREADER CUP* - 9F - Dirt - OPEN[/b]
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[blockquote][b]Y14 AUTUMN DAWN TREADER CUP* - 9F - Dirt - OPEN[/b]
[u][i]Gate One:[/i][/u] [url=http://strideofperfection.weebly.com/italian-ice.html]Italian Ice[/url] jockeyed by Valencia Andrews

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[Cavallo]


[blockquote][b]Y14 AUTUMN DAWN TREADER CUP* - 9F - Dirt - OPEN[/b] Ripley
[u][i]Gate One:[/i][/u] [url=http://strideofperfection.weebly.com/italian-ice.html]Italian Ice[/url] jockeyed by Valencia Andrews
[u][i]Gate Two:[/i][/u] [a href="http://intrepidracing.weebly.com/nightshade.html"]Nightshade[/a] jockeyed by Michael Landing

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[Ripley]

I WILL JUDGE IN 24 HOURS

Y14 AUTUMN DAWN TREADER CUP* - 9F - Dirt - OPEN Ripley
Gate One: Italian Ice jockeyed by Valencia Andrews
Gate Two: Nightshade jockeyed by Michael Landing

[Ripley]

Win. Italian Ice
Place. Nightshade

Pace made the race and Italian Ice basically walked the dog while Nightshade was taken out of horse comfort zone. Italian Ice won by two and three quarter lengths, over a frustrated Nightshade.

[Cavallo]

grrrr how do I fix this??? Every time she gets penalized for being a closer. Even when I post different workouts with her running in different places? I'd like some feedback here.

[Ripley]

Obviously, I judged before you finished your workout, but I didn't know you were planning on writing one. I waited more than 24 hours. I liked Italian Ice a bit better than Nightshade in this particular spot. It has to do with realisticness and I just could not see Nightshade staying with Italian Ice the full duration of the nine furlongs. Especially when Italian Ice has done so well here at The Wire. I think Nightshade was going to have a rough go because of the lack of competition which I was quite surprised by. Big prizes should draw a crowd, but apparently not here. The races should become more full as the season progresses and Nightshade is rounding into form despite the loss to a classy mare in Italian Ice.

[Cavallo]

Obviously I will respect the placing, but I was just asking what else I can do to fix this. Even in her last workout, the one before this recent post I had Atropa running outside of the closing leg and she took third in the last DTC beating out Italian Ice, so this was just a dip in performance I wasn't expecting, especially since her record is more consistent this season than the competition. Regardless, how can I overcome what I see to be an assigned prejudice against her leg type when I'm making the effort to make her more versatile. It's a similar problem I'm running into with Infinite Warcry.