I was being sarcastic. There was an inside speed bias. Mike Smith even commented on it after the 7th race. Yes, Sahara Sky did win from off the pace but that just made his win more impressive then it was. Likewise with WTC in the Big Cap.

The fact that the San Felipe and the Big Cap was won wire to wire at a wickedly fast pace and not a single horse closed off that is insane. If you looked at the rest of the horses at the back of the field in both races, they looked like they were the ones going :22.5 and 1:09 in a route race.