Michael-- the fraction actually looks pretty slow to me compared to the other sprints (and yes I know those were better horses, but this was a whole lot slower)-- Beyerguy might have a better opinion on that. But on the other points, 1) the other two trained by Dutrow's assistant won, running right around their tops, while I had this one going back considerably even the way I did it, and 2) there is no question that the track got a whole lot slower, the only question is how much-- you can't do that race at anywhere near the same track speed as the other races unless you are a fundamentalist and pay no attention to what figures you give out. The most you could possibly add would be enough to give the horse with 11s another one, which is about a 3 point add to what I did (from memory), still a 12 point difference in track speed, but I thought the other more likely. Time will tell, we'll review.