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[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Only in the Holy Bull and Florida Derby can one say that Upstart was pressing the pace.

Coincidentally, both races had pedestrian early fractions.

He's always within five lengths of the lead, usually significantly less (at the half).

If not pressing, then stalking, if you want to play it that way Rollo.

Coincidentally, the race he was allegedly taken out of his game in, namely the BCJ, he was the furthest back from the leaders. His post was almost certainly responsible for that.

As for the Holy Bull and Florida Derby, I am not confident that the pace was that slow, as that track was not the autobahn it's historically been over the years.