Theres a theory here that the new Graded Stakes supertest played a role in the results. I don't know with certainty when it was implemented. Gathered from threads probably during the Turfway Park meet. However they ran Keeneland with the Supertrainers doing their thing, so I dont understand the implication.

I think Bounce played a large role. I think the Apocalypse horses all bounced. Once you got by them there were quite a few that could move up. The other issue was pace. It took out horses like High Fly and High Limit, though high limit didnt seem to pick up a foot.

Others were just plain overated and had little chance but for respect of their conditioners, Noble Causeway and Sun King for instance.

A great score for those that played the negative bounce angle.

The Derby and Mall team here, appear to have factored the bounce fairly astutely. They went for Wilko and Closing Argument on their ticket. Not sure how deep they were but it sounds deep.

Bounce and Pace was the story of the race. If a handicapper was astute enough to figure bounce and a blinding pace Giacomo and Wilko were the most logical. Unfortunately I was not that clever.