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Originally Posted by dalakhani
I think I would be more apt to concede your point if he had things all his way in the Woodward and was still life and death to win.
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I look at it the other way. If he had an ideal setup in the Woodward and only won by a smidge, I'd be more inclined to throw it out, thinking perhaps something was wrong with him or he simply didn't "fire". I think Ghostzapper was a great horse like most everyone else.
However, the BSF hints that GZ came back down to earth. Why would he have gone backwards? I think having to contest that fast pace with St. Liam is the most logical conclusion (or at least the most identifiable). It would have been interesting to see if a quality closer could have capitalized on that duel. Not sure who was around and in form at the time, Pleasantly Perfect, Perfect Drift, maybe even The Cliff's Edge or Choctaw Nation.
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I know that you are talking routes but his most impressive race to me was the vosburgh. It's hard for me to believe that they couldn't put him back in a route if they wanted.
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Yeah, the Vosburgh, at least visually, was his most impressive race. He always looked like he was going to get them in the stretch, but the way he poured it on late was ridiculous. However, he seemed like he had a lot more early speed when he came back, even at shorter distances, going by the Tom Fool and later the Met Mile.