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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
He was ineffectual against a very weak field this year ( Red Rocks and Better Talk Now? ), he got drowned in 2005, and in the Arlington Million, while he dealt with a slow pace, it shouldn't have hurt him, as he has the speed to stay close ( and has run some of his better races on the pace ), and he had absolutely nothing in the stretch.
Losing by three lengths in turf races is like losing by six on the dirt in my opinion.
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He was 3 YO and that was his first race EVER against older horses....and he was the top finishing American horse in that race....and was moved too early as well.