Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

If you think Circular Quay ran well yesterday then you must be beside yourself by the performance of the third finisher who was forced four wide on the first turn, shuffled back to last, made a long sustained run on the outside down the backstretch and turn to actually clear to the lead into the strecth and eventully get nosed out by Circular Quay for the place. No horse had a tougher trip in that race than him.

Perhaps it was polytrack that did Circular Quay in, though he seemed to run OK, and I would say there is a possibility based on yesterday that he was exposed as a closing sprinter or an overrated horse that benefited from perfect set ups in his wins.