Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I don't claim to be anything. Any respect I may have was earned. I claim nothing. I'll leave the ' claiming " to others.

Sorry, I claim one thing, to know that Songster ran similarly to how he has run in the past and without a perfect trip he didn't win. Frankly, if I dropped in from Mars and saw a video of that race, I would say, as any knowledgable racewatcher would, that the second horse was best.