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When the pace is fast, it's not that unusual for the winner of the duel to put away the other challengers and go on to win and earn his typical speed figure. That's because the fastest/highest quality horse of the group is often still running within a range that's comfortable enough for him. The inferior ones are well past that point and get torched. Even some of the cheaper horses off the pace can get torched trying to keep up with the leaders during the middle fractions.
The ones that are suspicious to me are the horses that get involved in a rapid pace, put away the other speeds and chasers, get a severe late challenge by a quality closer that had a perfect trip, and still have enough left to rebreak and repulse that late challenge.
There are only so many great horses.
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Last edited by classhandicapper; 03-06-2024 at 10:16 AM.
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