Jazil's race, taken together with the performance by Sweetnorthernsaint in the Preakness, lends credence to the theory that the rail was not the place to be in the Derby.

I don't understand what Gomez was thinking taking the long way around the the first turn on Bob and John. I'm not alone:

Todd Pletcher, trainer: "We had a rough trip with Bluegrass Cat. He lost a lot of ground on the first turn. He never stopped trying. Sunriver had a good trip. He dug in and tried hard. He ran a big race. Fractions were about where I thought they would be. I know sometimes, the strategy on the first turn is to stay out in the middle of the track, but basically, every race has been won on the rail all day. So, it was kind of a strange tactic."

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