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Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER
BACK BACK broke best. Led for about half a furlong. Charlie's Moment then runs by him. Backback couldn't match him going 22.56, and 45.10. Bejarano is all over BACK BACK EARLY ON THE TURN, BUT CAN'T EVEN GO IN 45.10..Show me where those 2 ever go head n' head in that race. They don't, and they went slow. It was like a race on Pro Ride. Canonize may have wanted a quicker pace to run into. Who knows. Ellis horses are crap in stakes right now. Hard to say. Lot of horses not runing well on this main right now. You have to notice when a horse like BACKBACK runs huge in the Henson, and then can't go in 45.10 today....
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An essentially :45 flat 1/2 mile fraction for a 7f race?
As far as Backbackbackgone is concerned, he has never been on the lead in a main track race with a 1/4 mile equal to or faster than the one he saw today. Nonetheless, he stayed within a 1/2 length of the winner down the backside and even made a bid at him before the far turn. He's never looked like a horse that wants anything to do with 7f (or other quality speed for that matter), my guess is that Pete Miller had no other options than to run here aside from tackling his elders.