I think the interesting thing about Coil yesterday was how he came from last to win the race. In his prior starts he has always been on or close to the lead. Baffert took the blinkers off, I'm guessing he didn't want to have to duel with Shack on the lead. Although I don't think that was the ideal gameplan for him (being absolutely last), it worked out perfectly. He was able to make a run on the good part of the track (which seemed to be pretty fair yesterday, with exception to the rail which looked pretty dead) in route to a very nice win. I think Baffert deserves a lot of credit for the equipment change in this case.
As far as Ruler on Ice goes, I just think he was the fresh horse and liked the slop at Belmont that day.
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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