Noble's Promise: Did Willie Cost him at least a placing?

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Once again, not to discredit what you are pointing out, but it may be more than the fractions. Noble's Promise made a classic premature move that triggered the ensuing collapse. It was partially timing....but it's worth thinking about.

I understand and I'll have to watch the race again. I suppose it's possible that within that fourth quarter he ran faster the second portion than SS did even though SS fourth quarter was faster (at least according to the charts).

[Port Conway Lane]

I've watched the race again and NBC showed the overhead view. If any premature move was made by NP it was going into the first turn where he went from a half length behind SS to 2 1/2 lengths ahead of him. From that point in the race to the finish at no point did he gain any ground on SS.

NP was one off the rail around the far turn while SS was against the rail so I suppose any ground loss has to be taken into consideration.