I just watched the last two w/o videos from the xb site and and that horse looked hard to handle for the first 2F. Tossing and dipping his head fighting the rider.

I am no expert or even a lay person in reading w/o's but the impression I got was the horse was in charge and the rider did nothing to encourage him. Further looks as if it may be difficult to keep this one out of the lead.

What a contradiction c/b he must lead and then throttles back but geez those are fast works @ PBD and while a short distance he did not really break off either. I'd say he does impress.

Now carrying that short speed for a mile and 1/8 like TGJB says "we shall see" He also runs with his head a little low.