Since the pace was set by a 155-1 no-hoper and the winner was a relaxed second, one could get away with saying Bode was the controlling pace among the ones that mattered. So Jay's pick and reasoning were pretty much spot on.
Several of the odds reverted to a more normal-looking distribution in the last few minutes, seems to me. Kristufek and DeRosa on the CD feed mentioned how you could get 30/40-1 on horses that have had some success, when they were still on air before the call to post. Bode was around 20-1 then, I think. The
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took all the early money and skewed things. Not surprised that Bode was among those that dropped late.
