He had a fast 3YO debut.

He got sick.

He ran his race.

In the Derby, he hung - most likley due to moving into the fast pace a tad prematurely. His mile time was quick. I'd say he even ran a decent figure for 1 1/8 and simply got tired from all the effort in the last 1/8 like many others that got used too hard.

He ran his race.

In the Belmont his competition was so weak he was able to improve his position between the 1 mile and 1 1/4 mile point without any effort at all. He was only asked to run for 1/4 of a mile (and he flew home).

IMO, he has been the model of consistency at 3 that he was at 2 except for being sick in his 2nd start. That could have been a legit bounce in the 2nd start off a layoff given a very fast debut.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/17/2005 11:24AM by classhandicapper.