Belmont Fractions

[The Indomitable DrugS]

The horse was rank and the track was lightning fast.

I know how the ride looked, and naked it looked like a poor ride, but I didn't have a big problem with it at all knowing the horse.

It's not like he could have strangulated the horse down for 11 furlongs and let him go and got this big burst. The grinders in the race were Summer Bird and Chocolate Candy.

Mine That Bird was up close to a wicked fast pace at Sunland and loafed home. He's no grinder. He's a horse who has a ton of early speed - but won't finish when you use it - or has no early speed at all for a half mile and will take off.

In his two good races .. both at shorter distances ... he got a ton of pace to work with and had horses stopping in front of him.