Is it just me,

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I think he obviously is.

Had the race been run differently - and the pace was slow - you could entertain the notion of an excuse for him. His Belmont Stakes loss featured him caught down inside behind a very slow pace in a race that featured a slow early, fast late, turf like fractions and time.

In this race - the pace in front of him was plenty fast and he was always in the clear. He's never going to be in any lighter than the 116lbs he carried. I certainly think it was a failed expierment...though he didn't exactly embarss himself or anything like that.

exactly, not embarrassed, but the turf experiment is over. he would need to improve on that effort to even be competitive in the BC turf.