Its a matter of opinion as to how the race would have played out had mach broken. I also liked him to be 2nd in that spot yesterday. he had a brutal dead rail trip last time out at Calder and looked like he might be a more effective stalker in addition to that. had he broken I'm quite sure he would have been 2nd in the race, no doubt on my mind of that.
But Henny broke their hearts with a knockout blow on the turn in which he turned it up a notch into the hot pace part of the race and basically broke his opponents backs. Mach is a very nice horse though, one who I think will be heard from again in the very near future.