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I still think the jostling out to the five path on the first turn chasing 22.9 is what left the favorite empty. It may appear to be subtle but this is seriously sapping reserves that you need on the far turn to deliver that knockout punch. Once he headed him at the top of the stretch and made that (overly) hard yank on the rein to get the lead switch he was empty. Yes the winner ran well but I'd hesitate to say he's the better horse. Take NY Traffic out of the race and you'll be flipping the top two positions, I'm quite confident in that. Even into the second turn after chasing 1:10-1 when Tiz the Law wants to make a push-button move to deal some damage NY Traffic is still playing roadblock at his shoulder.
Last edited by MJC922; 09-08-2020 at 08:33 PM.
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