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Originally Posted by tiggerv
Union Rags had 9F to recover and only needed a 102 Beyer to win with plenty of pace in front of him. As far as the Belmont, Dixie Union doesn't exactly scream 12F to me.
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Yeah. People forget that Giacomo got sawed off at the start and had to deal with a lot of early bumping in the Kentucky Derby the year that he won.
Bird Town's romping win at 18/1 was a better example because she actually had a lot of speed and would have been very forward with a clean start and no trouble...
However, Giacomo get sawed off at the start and Smith needing to grab him only assured that he would be further back.
I don't believe Mine That Bird had any early trouble at all. He just flat out walked through the early stages.