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Originally Posted by Mack
Well, considering they went faster than Palace Malice did last year and he's turned out to be decidedly un-mediocre, I'm cautiously optimistic about a couple of these.
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That's a silly point because the track was much faster this year, obviously.
Matterhorn, who finished 8th beaten 10 lengths this year, clearly ran a faster final time than Palace Malice did last year.
In fact, Norumbega ran 2:27.13 on the dirt earlier in the day. That was the fastest clocking for 12 furlongs, on dirt, at Belmont since Point Given won the 2001 Belmont by 12.25 lengths in 2:26.56