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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
Invasor crawled home to a final time that was 2.3 seconds faster than the other race.
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Well, the other race was an N1X Allowance for newly turned 3yo's.....and the 108/1 winner of that race was 8-0-0-2 lifetime on fast tracks, his career top Beyer was just a 72.
Obviously, Invasor's race came home so tremendously slow for the Grade 1 Older Male level, because the early pace was very fast. However, Invasor benifited from that fast pace....as much or more so than any other horse in the race.
And while he overcame major leauge trouble---he did it in a collapsing race....and his "heroic late surge to victory" came through really slow late fractions for that type of race.
It was a great sight to watch....and he's obviously a very good horse....but, when circumstances are considered, that was far from a truly great performance.