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Originally Posted by Betsy
Why is it bad for a front-runner to be one-dimensional (esp. when his one dimension was spectacular) and a closer not to be?
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Spectacular Bid wasn't a one-dimensional closer - on 7 different occasions he won Graded Stakes races in wire-to-wire fashion. On 5 different occasions he won Graded Stakes from 5 lengths back or further after a half mile. But ideally - he was a presser.