Quote Originally Posted by lizbud
I think Hard Spun had a good run. The jockey let him run far to hard at first
and didn't let the horse save up energy to spurt hard at the last 1/4 of the
race. He ran in the lead the whole time & didn't have the oomph at the end.
Yes I have liked Hard Spun all year, I was really proud of him. Lot of people said he'd never do well at all. I am partial to his connections, they also owned Round Pond and Rockport Harbor, so I was very happy to see him do well. He's a front runner though, and if you hold them back too hard at the beginning they wont run well later. Glad I don't have to make those decisions!