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Originally Posted by bogeydaman
IMO I don't see how you can say the horse was "cruising" on an uncontested lead. There were 4 horses (AGS, LR, DS, and GW) trying to get to Hard Spun for the first 6 furlongs. Those 4 horses ended up getting beat a minumum of 24 lengths by Hard Spun. The only other 3 horses that were in the same area code as HS when the race was over were the horses that were "outrun early". Just because a horse was not head and head with HS by no means did he have an early lead. Just look at the results of the other 8 horses in the race.
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When he was 2nd in the Kentucky Derby - the horses behind him fractured as well. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finished up 17th, 19th, and 20th. The pace was much faster that day when you consider the speed of the track.
However, yesterday, he was cruising while well within himself, on an unpressured lead. The fractions were very reasonable considering the speed of the track.