Mike,horses are going wire to wire on the cushion.Some are winning from just off the pace,and some are coming from well off the pace.This particular surface is going to play fair most of the time.It is right now playing fair most of the time.Some dirt tracks favor speed.Everybody is so used to it that they think a surface like the cushion is biased against speed.It isn't.The dirt is biased for speed,and against raters.Yes,Keeneland was biased against speed in the 1st part of the meet.They can make changes to get it more fair.I am sure they will do that.Horses are wiring fields on the CUSHION.We don't know why Notional stopped.Maybe he has a bleeding problem ,or an injury.Maybe he needs the harder speed biased surface to run his best race.Dilemma ran great at both tracks.Again,I think if there is an unfair surface, it is the concrete that Baffert and Headley rely on.Oneil is happy with the cushion track,and obviously thought Notional liked it.Some horses are gunna need that concrete to run their best.He may be one.I don't know.
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