Again, as usual quality comments. As per McCRAKEN, very solid race sets him up as strictly the one to beat a month out. Broke out enough to grab the rein, bumped, angled between to avoid the day long, nasty kickback, as noted was unaffected when outside rival surged, yet settled with far more maturity than most sophomores ever display. Finished OK enough with modest pressure in a race he figured to need.
Two others; \"Irish\" beat nothing in NY sans the typically talented but unsound UnB\'s Song colt. Multiple Stakes winner faced a modest G2 winner off form and the other colts who would not be favored NW2 life.
GORMLEY is better than most think and in remarkable hands.
Lastly, would not call a sophomore colt, a grade II SW, bred as good as the registry allows, a slug. bbb
