good run by Magnificience considering the track.
Had a feeling the speed would win again in the Gold Cup regardless of the talent levels of the different horses.
It's kind of weird. You see a horse like Mast Track kind of suit the track bias and win that race out on the speed, and you try to legitimize the horse and say things to yourself like; "I wonder if he could get into a good thing like that over those fast TURF courses on the west coast?" "maybe he could be like daytona and win some of those on the turf being the speed" ...
And then you realize he just won the Hollywood Gold Cup 10 furlongs 750k ... basically THE classic of the summer...
That synthetic race WAS as good as it gets. That WAS the big one.
He did it, no need to legitimize
and it just feels kind of weird again.