If you've watched Private Zone's Panamanian races, he was a complete head case, and there is no denying he's talented and that O'Neill's team did a masterful job.
He wears blinkers, but former jockey Rene Douglas (the ownership group's managing partner) literally trims them back almost every time he runs. If you looked close yesterday, it was almost like they weren't there - just the slightest hint of plastic was there.
Makes you think that some of his earlier defeats in the US were partly a product of him not seeing the competition. Once he does, he fights on, and it's phenomenal to see that fight in a horse.
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