Time for McClure to go

[Lockedin with Pace]

"Not really the driver's fault"?  Can't believe you're giving him a pass for his butcher drive. You either commit for the lead right away or sit 4th and come first over. He who hesitates gets hung to the half in 52 and change and is up the track.

[SDST2009]

He’s not the first great two year old colt to regress at 3. With that being said, atrocious trip by McClure, I’ll assume he’s not driving him again. Jody’s colt was massive in here as well.

This type of race really shows how incredible SOMEBEACHSOMEWHER E was with the awful trip he got in the Meadowlands Pace & still paced hard right to the wire, just getting beat.

Yes, the bigger story ought to be the horse that won. He earned that record for sure.

[Pacer 2]

"Not really the driver's fault"?  Can't believe you're giving him a pass for his butcher drive. You either commit for the lead right away or sit 4th and come first over. He who hesitates gets hung to the half in 52 and change and is up the track.

   Maybe you could've done better?     

[Lockedin with Pace]

I knew you would say that because you're afraid to criticize anyone for a bad drive.

[Gilham Street]

   Maybe you could've done better?     

A professional driver shouldn't put himself in that position by being indecisive.

[wizardofoz]

Have you ever seen a horse of the year come back the following year and fall from grace this fast?

[Brown jug]

not sure what some drivers and trainers are thinking
the horse needed an easy trip for many reasons, 2 hole, second over
instead he gets gutted
there was no need for mcclure to even put the horse in the position he did

[Pacer 2]

A professional driver shouldn't put himself in that position by being indecisive.

    Maybe you could've done better too?       

[seen2much]

   Maybe you could've done better?     

Idiot 2...didn't get a check with McClure  and wouldn't have got a check with me driving.

[Brown jug]

its not a question of could any of us have done better
we are not professional drivers
the fact is that a upper end professional driver does not get caught in that situation
period, end of story
especially under the current circumstances of the horses health and both mental and physical

[seen2much]

its not a question of could any of us have done better
we are not professional drivers
the fact is that a upper end professional driver does not get caught in that situation
period, end of story
especially under the current circumstances of the horses health and both mental and physical

That's well said