Again, there are plenty of occasions where being on a wider path with better footing and losing ground can be preferable and the ground loss is moot. That happened repeatedly during the meet here during the period where the inside was shredded wheat. Banned had his nose where it mattered? That's funny. He won by happenstance at the finish with both he and Midnight Interlude running races good enough to win. And under what set of circumstances does Midnight Interlude 'lose ground and become a goner' seeing as how he was on the lead every step? There was a different set of challenges involved in the way he approached the race that is going unappreciated.
I don't have a dog in the hunt as I didn't cap the race seriously or bet it. But when Banned came to the leaders he looked certain to go right on by and met far more resistance than expected. Banned is the horse I prefer and have been rooting for since last year, but Midnight Interlude showed grit in a situation where he had a right to give way.
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