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Originally Posted by 1st_Saturday_in_May
I understand your point BoldBrook, but I look at it like this. Siphon City (pp3), Master Command (pp9), Courthouse (pp10), and Alumni Hall (pp11) do their best running from on or just off the lead. That means, BEST CASE SCENARIO, he is three wide around the first turn but more likely four wide.
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How did anyone get the impression that Mayan King is a frontrunner?
He's not at all a sprinter or even a miler ... he's a stalking classic distance horse who is just crying out for two turns and 10f ... though this race is only 9f.
He ran on the front end in his last start because he's rounding into peak form and was very sharp in a field which lacked real speed. Granted Post 12 is not a good place to start from ... but there's nearly 3/16 from the starting gate to the turn ... and Mike Luzzi didn't just fall off a turnip truck ... so I wouldn't be too worried about going eight-wide.