How Pace Can Make or Break a Race
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Pace can often make a race.
And pace can often set up a race rather nicely for a longshot.
Looking at the first race at Belmont Park on June 9, it wasn’t hard to see that the several of the main contenders would be embroiled in a hotly contested battle for the early lead.
An optional claimer for horses bred in New York, the seven-furlong race attracted a field of six, with five of them showing a stakes appearance in their past performances.