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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
How could you see his stride going down the backstretch? I couldn't see his stride going down the backstretch but I could see it when they passed the stands the first time and I could see it when he came down the stetch the final time. He was moving great. I highly doubt that he wasn't moving well going down the backstretch.
He doesn't have a really strong stride but he has a great way of moving. There is nothing choppy about his stride.
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Well I have to give a lot of credit to the horse and connections for winning this race. I think he wasn't given enough credit by Frankel/Prado and Pletcher/Velazquez before the race. Edgar was quite content to sit open lengths off him in that crawling time and didn't even get after his mount on the turn, he thought he had it made. They ran the last 1/4 in 22:3 so you could forget about anyone closing into that pace and winning. I still don't know if Cacique is better than English Channel or vice versa. English was rank early and Johnny was determined to wrangle him back. He ran wide and finished evenly. Guess we get yet another rematch of those two in the Turf Classic.