The ground was awful, and that run can be ignored. We also should have let her jump on and make use of her jumping instead of taking her back and disappointing her, particularly after Amen Kate unseated at the start. Sam (Ewing), who chose to ride her over Amen Kate, was annoyed with himself for not kicking on. Peter (Fahey) had been concerned that she would pull too hard, given her tendency to do so in her home work. However, she has been nothing but professional on the track, so that was probably a case of overthinking. We're all in this together so no blame attached to anyone, and the good news is that no one has lost any confidence.
The last sentence is interesting. Her performances this season leave a few questions. For example, the time/furlong of her most recent run was slower than both the 2m hurdle and, disconcertingly, the 3m h'cap hurdle on the same card. It was actually almost 0.5 seconds/furlong slower than the latter, which converts to about 2.5 lengths per furlong. I am not a time guy (despite the above), but, in conjunction with Willie's comments, it just makes you wonder.
Yeah there was a lot of talk at the time about how she had come forward from her debut, but she beat cornelienne the same distance as when both were behind oldschool outlaw.
