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Originally Posted by SniperSB23
With a competent rider that rode him to a 24-25 clip the whole way he would have been on the pace and able to "plod" home and been in contention.
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the fractions were: 24.74, 50.14, 1:15.32, and 1:40.23
If we assume he ran all 24.50's - he'd have been on a 1.5 length lead after the first quarter of this years Belmont - a 7 length lead after a half mile - a 10.5 length lead after six furlongs - a 13 length lead after a mile.
This is Jazil we are talking about!
You realize how absurd this sounds?
Naked fractions can be a little misleading - and while their have been other Grade 1 winning bums - he did it in a Classic race.
Bishop Court Hill (a son of Holy Bull) was not a classic winner. Giacomo (a son of Holy Bull) was a competitive 4th in the Breeders Cup Classic last year to three outstanding horses - finishing ahead of horses like Lawyer Ron. He had his form darkened in bad setups on West Coast tracks...and unlike Jazil, he was capable of running nice races.