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Originally Posted by SniperSB23
He ran just fine in the Pimlico Special off a two month layoff that included shipping from Dubai so I don't know how big of a problem the layoff will be for him. Keep in mind that he ran the Pimlico Special slightly faster than Bernardini ran the Preakness the following day despite getting a 108 Beyer as opposed to 113 for Bernardini and those figures certainly factored into the subsequent figures given to Invasor and Bernardini. The difference in Beyers between them may not be very significant at all.
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I think that the Beyer different that day certainly was very odd. But as for the performance, I can't say I feel the same way as u do. It's hard to say if the layoff was no issue for him that day because he didn't really have to run at all in order to win the race. He only carried 116 pounds and only had to be the great Wanderin Boy and West Virginia. He beat WB by 1 1/4 and WV by five. For whatever it's worth, when he faced those two again in the Whitney, he beat them both by larger margins than in the Special.
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