Pretty hard to judge Jerry B. off those two races.

Lady Tak coming off a lifetime top (-1) and a negative number to boot stretching out to a distance that represents the worst number on her sheet. (4 3/4).
At what odds???

Well, to paraphrase Lenny R.---"the odds were crazy".
Lady T visibly shortened stride and as Trevor D might have called, "she could find no more."

As far as Denon goes, I have no excuse for the horse. Certainly looked the part on the sheets.
However, you must admit that, if you could forgive the off race, (and that is a big if) the 3 horse had a pair of #'s around 3 and that did make him competitive from the inside post. Visually, when KM's horse accelarated, it was pretty impressive.

But none were more impressive than the smooth striding Mineshaft. Sired by Anthracite and the grand sire of Bituminous.
Strong dam side breeding being by Molly Maguire the daughter of Eckley Village owned by the estate of Richard Harris and trained by Sean Connery....lol....