Am a little stunned that no one has a thought or comment on Daaher's win over Midnight Lute Saturday... This wasn't exactly a glowing endorsement for Lute's hopes to stretch back out next year, and was one of a number of post-BC efforts over the holiday that was less than great or slightly dull.
Daaher got away with a :46.1 half, and I said to myself at that point that he might be tough to run down. He then proceeded to finish in :47.2. McLaughlin seems to regularly pounce when laying in wait for situations like this. While a fuller field would have been nice, you have to appreciate KMc being undetered by Lute's presence here and Baffert's aggressive approach starting Lute when many would have put him away post Cup...
And... a tip of the cap to Pat Kelly who cleverly got a Gr. I placement for Naughty New Yorker out of the affair.
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