Getting 10 furlongs...

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

UM has the opposite look. He looks like the type of horse who should be much more successful routing than sprinting -- but he hasn't stayed healthy.

I think you can't say one way or the other because, like you said, he hasn't stayed healthy. The King's Bishop suggested he can sit off a very hot sprint pace and still fire. I would guess he's equal at both, up to a certain distance. Like Twirling Candy.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

I think you can't say one way or the other because, like you said, he hasn't stayed healthy. The King's Bishop suggested he can sit off a very hot sprint pace and still fire. I would guess he's equal at both, up to a certain distance. Like Twirling Candy.

His Beyer improved 12 points at 8fs because of how he relaxed early.

His Beyer improved like 12 or 14 points from 8fs to a two-turn 8.5f in the Juvenile last year because he didn't have to run as hard early and can relax.

Twirling Candy would get rank and do stupid stuff. I think UM is a lot more relaxed and efficent about rationing out his speed.