tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post4135925610936956806..comments2024-02-27T17:43:37.207-05:00Comments on View From the Racetrack Grandstand: Dan Patch Award Choices For 2013That Blog Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15487597769210721585noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-9232954277115325422013-12-01T07:53:25.371-05:002013-12-01T07:53:25.371-05:00Foiled may be voted POY as a tribute to his legacy...Foiled may be voted POY as a tribute to his legacy, but he doesn't deserve that award. He won three stakes races this year, the TVG final, the BC and the Franklin. Not enough. Foiled lost 62% of his 2013 starts, many of them to marginal competitors. The POY can't lose that many races. <br /><br />The Captain, who made fewer starts, lost 19% of his starts. He won the BC, Pace, NA Cup, Tattersalls Pace, Cane, Hempt, Bluegrass and Am-Nat. That's a much more impressive season long record.<br /><br />If Pet Rock had won the TVG last night there's a good chance he would have won the Older H&G Pacer division. You can't be POY if you're that close to losing your own division coming into your last start of the year. <br /><br />POY is an award for a single season; it's not a lifetime achievement award.<br />JFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-36959277860637949192013-12-01T01:11:55.640-05:002013-12-01T01:11:55.640-05:00Captaintreacherous is no lock for pacer of the yea...Captaintreacherous is no lock for pacer of the year. After Foiled Again's performance tonight I actually believe he is deserving of this award over the Captain. The Captain may prevail in the voting, but it will be very close either way. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684463172854959042.post-81315401656835038132013-12-01T00:34:02.364-05:002013-12-01T00:34:02.364-05:00Looks about perfect to me....Looks about perfect to me....Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01099944785495100269noreply@blogger.com