Quote Originally Posted by The Form Student View Post
You are spot on! No SL, Avonnova would have gone to the line "hard Held" winning!
True but looking at it the other way no SL and the best horse would have been beaten. Good strong horse Avonnova but definitely a front runner back in the field against a sit sprinter he would be very vulnerable. I just can't imagine a free legged pacer would be able to unleash an explosive sprint. G Hall Snr picked up on this in the Queensland winter carnival.