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Originally Posted by Redboard
Early Voting's flop in the jimmy d sure opened things up.
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Perhaps Early Voting is a horse that needs is a target to run at like he got in the Preakness, nevertheless, in this spot he should be able to control the pace again.
He has the added advantage of another furlong, which may allow him to slow the tempo down a bit more (and take some starch out of the others' late moves). Furthermore, he may have been written him off based on his Jim Dandy wilt, which could mean no one will elect to press him early. Only Epicenter and Cyberknife really have the early speed to keep him honest, but they've been making a killing coming well off the pace in their most recent starts.
Early Voting was likely short for the Jim Dandy but he responded when challenged on all sides in upper stretch, only falling back for good once his jockey wrapped up on him inside the 1/16th pole.
