If you take it just off the 3rd place finisher, who seems to run the same number every time, 25L and basically the same path with same weight...it\'s Sinister Minister all over again. Assume though that, his consistency be damned, he did not run his fig again and must have regressed.
Things a bit different if you take if off HC-significant weight and ground loss (at least 2wider on 1st turn, 0.5wider on 2nd, though trakus has it almost double that...not for the first time either...but that\'s a debate for another day) to help him make up that the 10L. Throw in what Jerry just said about 1/5th slower and you\'ve got a more manageable number for the winner, still an insane jump up of course.
What you also have though, I\'d point out, is a really really good comeback, 3yo debut, for an already fast 2yo who did...you know...run at 2. Pattern wise going forward, maybe we\'re all focusing on the wrong horse here...?
