Geez I don't know about that. I know the last 1/4 was extremely slow but I think higher of both the 2nd and 3rd place finishers than you do I guess.
I think he was goofing, and I'm not prone to make that asessment real often. His ears were al l the way forward and flipping even as he was galloping out. He looked like a goofball who was having a ball out there to me. I would think he would move way forward off this race.