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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
Well, there is an established pattern of them happening in clusters...
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I wonder if there is some sort of weird Roger Bannister effect, like once it's been done, it doesn't seem nearly as hard to do it again. Not saying the horse knows it, but if the trainer and rider know it's been done recently, then it's possible that makes it a little easier to do the next time out.
To me, one of the big positives of AP's TC is that we will stop hearing that it's impossible to win the TC these days. There will be fewer calls to shorten the Belmont or increase the spacing. AP won it with such authority, he made it look easy.