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Originally Posted by ArlJim78

i agree with this and don't claim it was solely the track, but I'm still suspicious of the outcome.

Hard Spun made about as much noise as one could expect, look at how he demolished Street Sense. What made Hard Spun suddenly become this beast that could run 10 furlongs and laugh at Street Sense?

Why wasn't Pyro able to close into those insane fractions and threaten War Pass like he did in the Champagne? As we now know War Pass had distance limitations which certanly weren't evident that day. An example is the Wood where War Pass again ran insane fractions but slowed to a crawl which allowed a horse less talented than Pyro to get by him.

Street Sense sucks in the slop. That moved him back more than Hard Spun moved up.

Pyro may be the one with distance limitations. I think War Pass is more limited by how hard he's pressed out of the gate.