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Originally Posted by RXB
In that 5000N2L win last out, William's Prayer was positioned behind the early leaders for the first 6f. Hard for me to believe that he would be matching strides early today with a much faster and classier competitor than anything he faced last time. The horse is cheap and his demonstrated early sprint speed is nothing like RR's. I think it's unlikely that scratching the #6 impacted the race.
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He broke from the 8-hole in a 8.5f race at Laurel which starts very close to the clubhouse turn...it's no surprise he didn't make the lead there.
If you look at WP's pace figs (i have BRIS pp's) you will see he has an E1 fig from his previous 1m races at Lrl that would put pressure on Rapid Redux through the first 1/4m...that alone could have made the difference in RR holding on late and getting caught today.
