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Any good frontrunner can run a fast final fraction if they are allowed to crawl early. That's what Uncle Mo did in the Timely Writer stakes in 2011; how did that work for him stretching an extra furlong next out in the Wood Memorial? Comparing final fractions on dirt without considering the pace context is misleading.
The farther you run, the more aerobic ability you need. The test of aerobic ability is an extended run at a solid pace, not a jog followed by a 200m sprint at the end. So a race like the Wood doesn't tell us much.
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