[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Danzig

right. so if he couldn't relax in the rebel, i didn't expect him to suddenly learn a new lesson and do so in the AD. now, he almost won it anyway. but i wouldn't have bet a thin dime on him at the price he was at. and that was my main beef, that everyone threw so much money at him- and i didn't see an especially compelling reason to bet him down so hard.

I was banking on the fact that he couldn't relax in the Rebel because he was chasing another horse. There are a lot of horses like that. They go after a target and have a need to be in front and they won't relax when behind a horse but can do it when they are in front. I was looking for something more like his Remsen effort where he'd get a lead and relax enough to allow himself to perform at beyond his optimal distance. He almost got it done and the fact that he nearly did it while appearing to not relax much up front gave me a newfound respect for his abilities. I think I severely underestimated his talent and would have loved to see him in a race like the Met Mile or the Dwyer or Peter Pan at one-turn.