The race goes (roughly) 22/3 46 110/4 137/1 201/2; meaning the mile goes in 26/1 and the finish in 24/2! Barb runs 23 46/4 1 111/2 137 201/2 and BGC runs 23/1 47/1 111/3 137/4 202/4. Stepp and Jazil make their moves on the turn but it lokks like that move is only 3/8 instead of 4/8 which would have been needed.

I had plotted the race out with the same (roughly) splits to the 3/4 and the same final time, but I had the mile about 1 sec. (roughly) faster. Does this mean that the Barb was coasting on the far turn when most horses were struggling to make their moves, and then clicked into another gear? Pretty impressive, it shows he has reserves that most horses don't have. I liked him in Jan. when I saw that turf race and in the Derby, even with his rather average numbers for the field, he's going to be hard to beat. Am I missing something?