i dont know,maybe i saw another race

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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

The post-race hyperbole went both ways. Another website's article on the race described Mike Smith's "masterful" ride with details that only the author seemed to imagine.

True Smith probably let Justify float out to encourage Bolt D'Oro to alter course towards the rail, but it created a new problem when Justify kept floating out and failed to switch leads.

And those were not "taps" that Justify felt from Smith's whip. He got a good one on his right side and then started to drifty noticeably towards the rail (the "masterful" article presumptively suggested Smith did this on purpose to put Bolt D'Oro onto the "deepest part of the track"). Smith then had to switch to his left hand and gave Justify 3 more good cracks.

I'm not convinced Smith saved anything.

I thoroughly enjoyed the DRF Pace guy presuming the pace was very slow instead of taking a deep breath and waiting for evidence. Apparently, the pace was NOT very slow and speed figures from all concerns were a lifetime best for Justify not to mention the fastest of any colt perhaps since the great Materiality's Florida Derby