I use brisnet for broad indication of pace - yet I have no clue what "late pace" means (I guess it's sad that I still use it). I look at the wood and sunday break has a better late pace figure than medaglia d'oro, even though he lost ground at the end - I guess it's based on more distance (last 3f ?) than I thought. Anyway the point I'm making (based on my wood example) is that lusty latin's supposedly disappointing late pace figure takes into account the last bend where he was 12 wide (OK maybe less) and hanging, rather than solely the impressive ground he made up in the last furlong (and he really made up a lot of ground). As you say he was closing on two horses that were stopping (the one in yellow will presumably run in the sprint at arlington...) and he has no shot in the derby anyway, but sometimes figures have to be taken with a pinch of salt. If you have a good definition of late pace on brisnet I would love to hear it (it would make my $3 more meaningful).




Treadhead wrote:
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> Looks can be deceiving. The whole race was a complete
> colapse, the winner was completely out of gas, second place
> having equipment problems and the other good horse bouncing
> out of the race. He received a BRIS late pace rating of 97,
> not competitive with the other closers in the field. No shot
> in the derby.