I have made the comment before that he is a horse that seems to want to run at one speed. He doesn't have a kick and he can't be restrained. Whenever the pace is slow and the jockey tries to restrain him his performance suffers. I don't know who is at fault the trainer or jockey for the way he was ridden in the Belmont, but I would have thought his best hope would have came by letting him run relaxed on the lead like in the derby.
However even letting him run he probably still would have finished fourth, at best maybe challenged for third. At classic distances he is a cut below the top in this crop.
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06-11-2007, 12:34 PM
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