While I was surpised how far back she was early, the pace was lively, as the front running pack all backed up at the top of the stretch. Had she been closer earlier, she wouldn't have been as strong late. She got through the pack in a reasonably clean fashion, she's done that over and over, you can't always get a dream trip, but, again, she'd done it before and won. This time, I agree more with the post's title, "Blame it on Blame" - he held on gamely, albeit barely, 19 others did not!