LR actually rated fine in his last race. He came from 7 lengths back that day. I don't know why he was so rank today. I saw the same thing happen to him in another race. I think it was in the Arkansas Derby where McKee slightly asked him going into the first turn just to try to get a slightly better position, and the horse totally took off and dragged him all the way up to the lead.
I guess with this horse you can't ask him until you really want him to run because once you slightly step on the gas, he wants to run off.
If he would have relaxed today, he would have had a good chance to win the race. He just went a little bit too fast. That's not to take anything away from Strong Contender. He ran a good race too.
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