I think I'm going to take Blazing Sevens.
I wanted to take National Treasure but there seems like there is some buzz around that horse now and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets bet below his 4-1 m/l. Which means Blazing Sevens should float up, maybe to the 8-1 range. Hoping people will look at his Bluegrass and potentially downgrade the performance based on Verifying and Tapit Trice's run in the Derby.
With all the talk of a slow pace I'm hoping Mage moves early and forces First Mission and National Treasure to work harder than they want to earlier than they want. Blazing Sevens can follow that move and maybe pick up the pieces and maybe all the pieces IF the Derby took some stratch out of Mage and he can't finish like he did in the Derby?? Figure 8-1ish is worth finding out.
Two bullet works for this maybe signal that he is ready to take a leap forward, which would give him a shot.
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