His lifetime record on fast dirt tracks now stands at 28-1-13-6 with his 2nd place finish at 26/1 in the Fred Hooper today.
It marks the 3rd time in the last six races when he's passed horses to gain a lead in deep stretch - only to blow it. He's 14-0-6-2 this year - 12-1-5-3 last year.
What was so noteworthy about todays race was the fact that the eventual winner was a horse stretching out to 9fs from a 6f wire to wire win last out. That horse went out - won a pace battle - got put away and passed by Dream Maestro ... until the shadow of the wire when DM pulled himself up just enough to miss ... and even refused to go by the winner in an extremely unspirited gallop-out.
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