Okay I just read the entire article and what was the good fortune?

That no one else blocked the rail? That the rail was golden? I dunno something about the rail I guess.

One problem with theory that SS was fortunate is that the pace did not favor closers, it was really a moderate 1:11+ which should have set up well for a front runner, HS finished well and it took a very swift closing fraction to beat him. I think WIld/Crazy was the only other horse to run sub 25 in the final fraction and he was e.g. 0.4 sec slower than SS if my calc are correct.

So maybe he was just better at closing?

Will still try to beat SS on Sat, though.