that my assessment of the race was not completely misguided... class, and judging various stakes and graded stakes races when a horse has run 2nd, or 3rd, within a length or two of the winner is tricky....how good are they really? The experience factor to understand where where they have run and against who when their Beyer ranges are in the same general ballpark... which takes us back to the original issue of improving 3 year olds vs older horses...again thanks for the insight.
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