Verrazano -- The Real Deal or Paper Tiger?

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Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

The problem though is he really was never running at 8 furlongs in this race.

You can argue he didn't do his best running in the Travers and I wouldn't argue much, but his record has been compiled in soft fields with easy trips (other than the Derby). Even the Haskell was kind of soft once Oxbox didn't run well.

I think he's a quality miler that can stretch further on talent alone if he gets a soft trip or easy field, but he's not the first horse I've seen that looked like a world beater going 8/9 furlongs against weaker that chucked it in early against a quality field going 10F. Unfortunately for me I held that view before the race but blew the bet.