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Originally Posted by Track Phantom
Allowing a horse to run fast early is not the same thing as using a horse as a impediment to others.
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The horse is in there to ensure a fast early pace...either to soften up a heavy favorite (as was Repole's plan for Justify), which would have been an impediment to Justify, or to ensure a super fast early pace to set it up for a closer (and thus an impediment to any speed horses with a good chance of winning).
I think this is a case of word games more than anything else. All these horses are serving as impediments to others in the race.
