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Originally Posted by saucon17
There is no question that if Whitney let him run a little in the stretch he could have gone a second faster and the race probably didn't take much out of him.
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While it certainly looked that way watching it visually---based on expierience, I've always been a skeptic that horses not ridden out "could have run faster."
In this case, he was not ridden the whole length of the stretch, and was under restraint for much of it---and the horses ears weren't pinned, they were pricking back and fourth and he was well within himself.
If he does run a second faster---that means he runs his final furlong in 11.08, over a track that was producing some VERY slow times all day long--even when considering the moderate ability of the horses racing over it.
I think he could have run a little faster if fully extended---but, probably only 1/5 or 2/5ths tops...probably the former.
I fully expect his next start will be at Belmont