First and foremost, he only needed a "2" to be very competitive for the win spot. The other "fast" horse, Warleigh at 1.0, was the highweight spotting O'Brien 5#'s and his recent figs were nothing to write home about. 2nd. It wasn't a huge top only 0.75pts and grass figures don't react as often as dirt. 3rd. 5yo's in general are in their racing prime and handle top efforts and short rest better than their peers.



May they all come home safely!