Michael D,

Your point is well taken on that horse. It's sheet does look a lot like Chrismatic and that Maker was a Lukas assistant at that time. And the fact that The Daddy is half brother also did not go unoticed. In fact Kasept on this board noted that the horse began to run on well very late in his prior race despite bleeding. His theory is that horses that don't run (or take to the track) early first time on Polytrack but then begin to run on late, start to acclimaye with the surface late in the race, always run much better the second time. A very good playback next time out for Turfway. And the fact that he paired his two year old top despite bleeding you could have predicted a significant improvement (3 up to 5 points even) and at 48-1 was an overlay when it should have been 20-1 or there abouts.

All the favotites ran early and some didn't take to Polytrack. Was one of only two horses running at the end of that race.

NC Tony