[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by the_fat_man

I'm intrigued by the consensus as to the (lack of ) pace of that race. The splits were:

23.10 23.22 23.50 23.97

so, Daaher is slowing down at a relatively consistent pace (.10, .28, .47)

But, even though the initial fraction was slow(ish) it has yet to be mentioned that Daaher didn't break all that well, as Xchanger gapped the field at the break, coming in at the break and bumped soundly with the 4, and then was hustled by Luzzi to stay close to Xchanger in the run to the 1st quarter, and didn't take the lead until just before the 1st quarter. So, even though the 1st qtr was slow, Daaher certainly did more work than the others during that portion of the race. He ran as much as, or more so, than any other horse in the race and finished relatively straight (wavering a half path or so in either direction) in the stretch; as did Midnight Lute.

oh i agree with all that, I didn't mean to imply there was no pace.