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Originally Posted by Betsy

Yes, but CD won easily - it's not like had had a hard time with this field. He won off as easy as could be despite not being sharp - he did overcome a lot of obstacles - and not breaking well. Given those obstacles, I'm not sure that it means anything that he didn't beat much.

Again it was a good effort, I'm not saying it wasn't a good effort. I think it is always healthy to pose the question a day after the race who a horse beats and what type of trip they got. When I first saw the race live yesterday I was also pretty gung ho impressed about the performance. Afterall he is bred to run all day and this cetainly sets him up for the Belmont. Today my analysis is somewhere between both a good performance over a mediocre field and trying to weigh both factors.