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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
I haven't been the biggest Early Voting fan.
I think you can make a reasonable case that speed was better than average and the rail was the best path Wood Memorial day but he still got caught by Mo Donegal (although MD did close from far out up the rail).
I think you can make a reasonable case that Pimlico was carrying speed types well Preakness day and may have helped carry him to that big figure.
The Jim Dandy track condition wasn't what I would call "biased" but imo it was more testing than average and certainly more testing than for either of the efforts that gave him his reputation.
What he has going for him tomorrow is that he'll probably be loose again and maybe the track will be a little kinder to him and he'll be a bit fitter. We'll have plenty of races to watch before the Travers. I'm most curious as to how he's going to get bet.
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I have a sneaky feeling he is going to look to stalk another horse. Led in Wood, lost. Stalked in Preakness, won. Led in Dandy, lost. Just a guess, but he's in the perfect spot to do it. It is just a matter of which other horses want to go. Cyberknife or Ain't Life Grand would be my guesses.
