Belmont Fractions

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To date MTB's best races have come from sitting chilly usually in the rear of the field and then running a fast final 1/4, historically it is difficult enough to pass 3 horses in the Belmont stretch as Summer Bird did, is it really logical to expect MTB to pass the entire field saying he is dead last at the 1/4 pole before he makes his one quick burst especially outrunning a horse that was dead fit and relishing the distance? Factoring in that MTB was rank in the body of the race.