Synthetic surfaces are far from unpredicatable. If anything, once form has been established over it, they are a little more predictable.
Going long ... it's all about going very slow early, tipping out on the turn, and coming hard. Those Stardom Bound types can build up massive resumes.
Everyone should knows that by now ... that is why you see fractions like 26 and change and 52 and change in that Arlington Grade 3 over the weekend.
You can't go moderate dirt fractions like 47 2/5 and 1:12.53 and expect to be around late in synthetic routes. Those were the fractions for the Pacific Classic yesterday ... the horses racing in the top 3 spots after 6 furlongs finished last, 2nd to last, and 3rd to last in a 12 horse field ... and they were almost 6 lengths from the horse who was 4th to last.
While the speed badly collapsed from that brutal 1:12.53 crawl up front .. Richard's Kid was 10th with just two furlongs remaining ... but he was able to tip real wide and finish.
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