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Originally Posted by parsixfarms
Tizway is a NW2X allowance horse that had never competed in a stakes race. Lezcano could not necessarily rely upon Tizway to "soften" Commentator up.
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Crafty Player and Show Boot were claimers and they had no problem softening Commentator up and that was in his prime. You don't need to be a top level horse to soften a horse up in a 9 furlong race. You just need to be able to run 6 furlongs in 1:10 which Tizway is capable of doing.