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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
Yeah, but that's a final time figure that doesn't factor in pace.
Palace Malice chased fractions of 23.11, 46.66, and 1:10.95 -- he stuggled home a winner through a final quarter in a standard-bred like 27.58 seconds in the 2013 Belmont.
This year, the fractions were much slower and the racing surface much faster.
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Fair enough. Just saying that after last year's Belmont, I'm pretty sure we could have called Palace Malice a mediocre horse who beat a hapless field. I don't even think he'd cracked triple digits on Beyers yet, and now he's the deserving leader in the clubhouse for 2014 HOY.
06-09-2014, 02:27 PM
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