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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

After Market will probably be a strong favorite Wednesday, and he may well win, and Mott is as good as there is at developing horses, but this horse beat extremely modest fields under extraordinarily optimal conditions. In his first start last year he sat a sweet trip and beat perennial loser Operation Red Dawn. In his second start he sat an even easier trip behind a duel and ran down Carnera, who was not only inside of the duel but also broke slowly. While Carnera is OK he is hardly a world beater. In the Hall of Fame he took advantage of a field devoid of speed and cantered along on a slow pace and beat the modest Spider Power. Now, while something obviously went wrong at Delaware, perhaps he didn't like the soft ground, he came into that race with the previously described dressed up record.

Wednesday's race is an interesting one, as Einstein also returns, having not run since a close fourth finish behind English Channel and Cacique ( while finishing ahead of Gorella ). Einstein holds the distinction of having the second worst Grade 1 win last year, with Bishop Court Hill denying him the top spot, when he set a literally crawling pace in the mystifyingly rated Grade 1 Pan American last year at Gulfstream. However, Einstein was improving before something obviously happened, and his return adds great intrigue to the race.

remember that race well no one challenged einstein he set a unreal slow pace
then drew off..costing us the mag 5..