He isn't a fraud...he was giving 8-10 lbs. to all horses and it was set up as an 'ambush' race....Plus, they tried to rate him well of of horses and that is not his game...I bet he is never that far back again...they experimented and it went bad....he is a horse who has to be in the race early and he will next time and WILL be there at the wire. Remember, he has never had to make up the type of ground he had to today when they turned for home....he usually the one leading the field into the stretch...they tried something and it failed, but I doubt they ever make that mistake again....

I can't label him a 'fraud' or 'overrated' on that performance because I really think it was a product of a bad tactic decision.....

Hell, I love the horse but thought strongly that he was vulnerable (of course I wish Weigelia would have sat a little longer because I bet him and think he was the best horse in that race after finishing despite the closer bias and fast fractions early he was involved in)....LITF was in an ambush race...plain and simple, and so was Dubai Escapade, but LITF and Dubai Esc. are still the best horses...they just lost in vulnerable situations IMO