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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaBarrel, post: 2619711, member: 363"] I think it's important to understand race dynamics for sure. After watching the race it's tough to press the pace with what appears to be a dead closer. A dead closer like what Gronk seems to be, is always going to need help up from with some pace to run into. With Justify I don't know if would really matter but if you look at the Travers in 2015 when Pharaoh got beat it was a run off horse that softened up Pharaoh with quick early fractions which left the winner in a great spot to come closing at the end. Clearly Pharaoh was the best horse in the race and it took a certain race to beat him. The parade on the track the day before with Pharaoh probably didn't help before, will give Baffert credit for making the horse so available at Saratoga but I don't think he will make that mistake with Justify if the elect to run in the Travers Chad Brown was upset that nobody pressed Justify early in the Belmont because his horse ( Gronkowski) needed help from other horses to speed the pace early and hopefully wear down the heavy favorite. That said it never happened for a few reasons. Clearly the other Bafffert horse was sent out there to try and defend against the proverbial rabbit or run off horse to disrupt the pace. That horse was suppose to be Noble Indy who was owned by Mike Repole who also had Vino Rosso in the race but Noble Indy could never get to the lead and why Repole was so pissed off at the jock of Noble Indy ( Castellano) as Noble Indy would have been gutted to make the lead because clearly the other Baffert horse wasn't going to let that happen, a ton of gamesmanship to say the least. Noble Indy gets to the lead and wears down Jusity maybe Vino Rosso or most likely Gronk gets up for the win but that's racing. Rally interesting dynamic to say the least [/QUOTE]

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