Beyer: Espinoza's ride could have cost Chrome Crown

[Benny]

Originally Posted by golfer

I was wondering the same thing about Samraat. Shocked to see him so far back.

Make that 3 , me too, I was thinking he would be an important early factor and a key to the race. Didn't see Commissioner as a pace factor at all, hand it to Byk for seeing him.

[Mack]

Originally Posted by Benny

Make that 3 , me too, I was thinking he would be an important early factor and a key to the race. Didn't see Commissioner as a pace factor at all, hand it to Byk for seeing him.

And I'd bet Steve didn't expect Commissioner to be up on the pace. Rather he'd be the type of horse that would grind out those 24-25s quarters and pick up the faster pacers at the end.

(and I guess he did grind out those qtrs, he just did it on the front!)