It wasn't too long ago that Mucho Macho Man was considered human being of the "now" horses. He went on the farther side as the third betting choice in the Preakness, the supremacy being 5-1 on him. He showed a neat closing kick in the Kentucky Derby, and all but cost Nehro the runner up fix, but ultimately settled for third.
Many expected him to shape a big race in the Preakness of the same kind with he seemed to be moving accelerate at the right time, but he disappointed in that stock, finishing sixth, beaten 7 - lengths.
I slip on't think his Preakness was truly representative of his ability however. In the Derby, he qualified several lengths in front of conditional Preakness winner, Shackleford, but in the Preakness, he was without more able to get within 7- lengths of Shackleford. Did Shackleford improve appreciably or did Mucho Macho Man fit throw in a sub-par issue?
Shackleford may have improved but suitable only a length or two on the farther side his Derby effort. He surely would be under the necessity been run down by Animal Kingdom granting that the race had been the fulness of the Derby, and probably would bear finished at least a length and a half behind him at the wire had the Preakness been 10 furlongs. He experienced 3 lengths behind Animal Kingdom in the Kentucky Derby, in like manner he may have improved a conjoin lengths.
Furthermore, Mucho Macho Man polished about 7 lengths behind Animal Kingdom in the Preakness since he got within less than 3 lengths of him in the Derby. A potential explanation for his failure to acquire closer to these top two Preakness finishers lies in the authoritative chart, which notes that he broke adventitious and brushed with Dialed In, and that time later steadied after the 1 mile marker. These pair obstacles could not have helped him and may rehearsal for his subpar performance.
Even admitting that the less than ideal trip cannot importance for his mediocre performance, his closing third part place finish in the Kentucky Derby was concerning real, and seeing is believing – he was closing delicately and even inching toward Animal Kingdom in the last sixteenth of a mile.
In etc. to being a somewhat forgotten filly, the other reason that Mucho Macho Man strength be a good long shot single out is because he has that far-seeing striding grinding style that often does well in the Belmont. What is required because the Belmont is a horse that resoluteness drop the bridle, relax, and settle in to a delicate easy rhythm down the backstretch till his jockey is ready to make ready his run turning into the homestretch. The explosive kick that helped past time Derby winners such as Monarchos, Giacomo, and Mine that Bird, and Smarty Jones proved to subsist less than ideal for the longer 1 mile marathon distance of theBelmont Stakes.
Mucho Macho Man is in addition the baby of the bunch, being a June foal. When he raced in the Derby and Preakness he was technically always 2 years old, and being a massy long legged grinder, the additional three weeks betwixt the Preakness and Belmont Stakes for the period of which he may mature a iota can only help him.
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