Pass the Point went to the lead with Wanderin Boy tracking right in second. Curlin broke well but was floated out wide by Divine Park and in the process, took Out of Control out a little further. The ran in 22.89, 46.20, 1:09.61, 1:35.33. Curlin started making his move going into the far turn from about five back, Divine Park said "What the hell, we have to go around ANOTHER turn?" and packed it in. Pass the Point led into the lane, Wanderin Boy still second, Curlin making a nice move to move up along side but needing some encouragement to do so. The stretch run could have been timed with a sundial. Curlin, under serious urging finally made it past a stubborn Pass the Point and pulled clear to win by around a length of just under. The finished in 1:49.34 so Curlin ran his final 8th in around 14 seconds, proving yet again that while he's the best of this year's older horses, he's far from a great horse. This struggling victory was even less impressive than Big Brown's Haskell if you ask me and you'd have to think that Big Brown would have had an excellent chance to have beaten Curlin had he been there today. Wanderin Boy finished third.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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