I just watched a replay several times of the June 25th 8th race at AP. Yes, he did encounter traffic in the stretch. But he also saved most of the ground on the 2nd turn, and really did a good job of not losing too much ground on the 1st turn despite breaking from the 12 hole. The fractions say the pace was slow but looking at the chart, the race dynamic favored closers as the field was well strung out and both the winner and Perfect Casting had no trouble making up considerable ground. I think Berlioz ran a solid race. 4 wide on the 1st turn battled all the way to get beaten a neck while closers filled out the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th slots. A lot of wide trips in the June 25 race. Since many of these are coming back to face each other on Saturday, with Perfect Casting at 13-10 last out so he probably will be in the 6-5 range or so tomorrow.
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