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Originally Posted by boswd
It's too bad Invasor didn't make the JCGC. One - if he had won that race is would have been a very special accomplishment to win 4 of the more historic Grade I's not only on the East Coast but in the country ( Pim Special, Suburban, The Whitney, and JCGC). Two - Now he is going into the race with a three month lay off last running in the Whitney. I just don't know if he will have it that day. I hope so, he is the forgotton superstar this year and has accomplished just as much as the other two has but without the fanfare. If he can pull it off then Kiran McGlaughlin deserves a tremednous amoutn of credit.
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He ran just fine in the Pimlico Special off a two month layoff that included shipping from Dubai so I don't know how big of a problem the layoff will be for him. Keep in mind that he ran the Pimlico Special slightly faster than Bernardini ran the Preakness the following day despite getting a 108 Beyer as opposed to 113 for Bernardini and those figures certainly factored into the subsequent figures given to Invasor and Bernardini. The difference in Beyers between them may not be very significant at all.