I don't have his sheets in front of me, but didn't he run several fast dirt races last summer?? I believe he ran several 1's. If he was able to run efforts consecutively on the dirt, why not the grass?? His turf top isn't that much faster than his dirt top and he was able to pair up those efforts. Also as twoshoes points out, the odds made it easier to accept him as a contender. I'm not advocating blindly taking every horse's last figure, but at some point the odds force you to overlook a possible bounce situation if the payoff makes the risk acceptable.



P-Dub