Frankly, I think if they run this race again on any surface Dominican beats these again. Probably with ease.
Great Hunter is a poorly conditioned horse. Sure, he was banged around slightly. He had nothing left either way.
And Street Sense was trying to win. Could be over-rated or just plain shot from a tough effort coming off a long layoff. Horse had to have issues in the first place to be laying off since November.
Dominican would have beaten these by 10 if he had another furlong.
I wouldn't be surprised to see either SS or GH (or both) bow out of the Derby.
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