Catherine,

In a 13 horse field, horses are going to lose lengths. I didn't see the start for Super Frolic, so I don't know what happened there. A half mile into the race, it looked pretty obvious to me that Saint Liam and Flower Alley had a pretty good chance of running 1-2 or 2-1. The pace was slow, FA got a nice trip and Saint Liam settled nicely after a bit of a bad start. Super Frolic is not as fast as either horse on their best. I didn't see the trip Perfect Drift got either and don't know how much ground he lost.

Super Frolic didn't lose any ground on the turn, which was a positive, although it was somewhat offset by the fact that the inside part of the track was not the place to be. Not sure if it classified as a "dead rail" for more of a "slight bias", we will see when TGJB does the figs.

Personally, I would loved to have seen SF run second. That 12k super would probably have 20k or more with him in the 2nd slot at 70-1, I just didn't see it that way. It's gonna be hard to get an unbiased opinion out of Jerry on this one though, as he certainly has a vested interest in the horse winning!

Congrats to JB and Ro on a helluva buy. Another couple hundred grand on top of the Hawthorne score, is a pretty quick turnaround on their money. Gotta believe the horse is already in the "black".

I guess that the finished of Perfect Drift and SUper Frolic proved the figs for the Hawthorne race were solid, which was questioned by more than a few on this board (myself included....)