Sort of off topic, but I thought that LeRoiDesAnimaux ran a huge race in defeat. I did not cash the race, but he really took it in both ends and still kept fighting to the finish. He was wide both turns. Challenged seriously early for the first time. After he dueled his early pursuers into submission, he fought gamely wiht the closers while the horses he ran with earlier were dead. The fact he did it in orthopedic shoes is all the more impressive.