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I thought Charlatan ran a huge race. To outrun a quality speed like Knicks Go, repulse a very strong bid, put him away, and then drop to what appeared to be slightly worse going on the inside through the stretch to only get caught late was pretty impressive for a horse making only his 5th start. The best is probably ahead for him in these 8f/9f middle distance races.
Knicks Go may have been disadvantaged a bit running inside, but running into another quality speed that was faster was problematical since he’s never won except on the lead.
The winner wasn’t easy to come up with (at least for me), but he looked absolutely tremendous on the track and ran to his looks rallying in what appeared to be the best paths away from the rail through the stretch.
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