Before you watch any of the races looking for bet backs -- you'll have to take a position on the race track and you'll have to correctly gauge the pace.
When I get a chance to watch the trips -- I'm going 100% under the assumption the track was fair. If there was a speed bias, it was a marginal one, and I know a lot of people think there was one and that will be reflected next time these horses run back.
The Marathon was one of only two BC race where the jockeys actually did bother to ride like the track was speed biased. The ride on Jaycito was stupid... and Smith sure rode Atigun like he believed it was a speed bias. The winner came from another zip code behind. He was a long, long, long, long way dead last.
As for the rest of the BC dirt races -- here they are rated from fastest to slowest based on how the paces were in relation to the final time:
Juvenile (+26, +17)
Distaff (+4, +4)
Filly and Mare Sprint (+2, E)
Sprint (+3, -1)
Classic (-1, E)
Juvenile Fillies (-1, -2)
Dirt Mile (-12, -8)
Juvenile Sprint (-16, -18)
The Juvenile pace was the other smoking hot pace. Everyone in the race was falling down late.
Of all horses, Royal Delta was the one who set the pace in the race that came back 3rd fastest paced in relation to final time.
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