Maybe? I look at various maiden races and see a lot of runners - not solely AP's - that seem to have speed, based upon brilliant moments or workouts, but lack the drive to win. I don't know how much of the population of "racing failures" are due just to lack of wanna-WIN drive and not ability. "Hey if you want the lead that bad you can have it, I'm cool with the current speed". Or just not liking the way intensely running fast in a race makes them feel, running in late afternoon heat in front of a noisy crowd after having peed away quarts of moisture post-Lasix, compared to running shorter distances in the relative cool of morning while fully hydrated.ThreeMustangs wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:33 pm Do you think that some of his babies have temperaments that are a little too placid?
And how much of the competitive is naturally that high in our winners sans a jockey urging them on? One thing I've noticed is how often a horse that dumps its jockey DOESN'T zoom to the lead. Unless an outrider grabs them, they're usually running to stay with or in the herd, not to lead it. They suddenly have a 100-pound+ advantage over the rest of the field, you'd think if they wanted to take the lead it'd be a lot easier for them than one of the others. The riderless ones that do go for the lead and stay there, that'd be one I'd say has built-in competitive drive to win
