Empire Way

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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Perhaps Empire Way is a dirt horse too.

I don't see any relevance to what number he got for this spot.

One way to look at it is to factor in Mike Harrington's opinion. Perhaps he was full of sh!t or perhaps his judgement isn't particularly sharp, but he claimed he'd be "surprised" if that horse won yesterday. He was certain the horse needed two turns.

Coupling the speed figure the winner earned with the fact that he did win despite the trainer's reservations suggests that the race was utterly horrendous. In that sense, you might say that Empire Way is still a "maiden" (especially since it didn't appear to be even much of a schooling race for him). And yet he will be facing winners next time out.