I didn't see a speed biased track on Sat. It appeared pretty fair to me.
Haynesfield loves BEL. His only loss there was when he failed to get to the front in the "Sir Keys" stakes in his prep for the Empire Classic last fall. (He was a close second to Be Bullish that day.) When Rail Trip (who I expected to press aggressively) proved a no show, it was pretty clear that Haynesfield get his set up.
Blame is a very nice horse but he's what I call a grinder. He wears horses down with a sustained rally, rather than turn of foot. Trying to catch a high quality speed rival like Haynesfield when that horse has a 7 length lead that he didn't have to work that hard for requires acceleration that Blame doesn't really have.
Haynesfield wont have such a set up in KY with QR, First Dude, and other legit speed.
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RIP Monroe.
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