He was 6 lengths back at the 1/4 and 5 1/4 lengths at the 1/2.... would you call that a P or an E/P trip?

The pace was so ridiculous it was like a throwback to the old "cheap speed" days when sprinters would get in the field because of graded earnings.

Dogs mentioned angle...

"Hoofnote: Animal Kingdom campaign came by way of turf to Turfway Park plastic track to win Derby. This is about exactly what Tiz the Bomb's campaign is. He missed the track 9fl record by a needed nostril."

 ...But didn't have the Tri in that Tiz the Bomb beat the Ky Derby winner by 4 positions in record time.

Yet in this instance in a rematch when 2 are going at it again (usually going longer) can be shorter...got to use them both. With the notion of tuning the table in the next as an axiom 

The closers were winning all day and you knew the front was going to back up with as fast as they went out.  

The other half was one E type and all E/Ps with a lot of high Q points. Fastest I expected was :23 + change and 46 + change. Never :22 or :45. Half the field misread the pace.

I don’t know if anyone has mentioned this already, but Rich Strike has one of the strangest breeding I’ve seen. He is so inbred, it’s no surprise he tried to “eat” the outrider after the race. They may as well have named Hannibal! Smart Strike all over the place. He was bred by a big time org, then claimed for $30k. The new owners struck it rich indeed!

Talk about an alpha.  He was so hyped up he had already chewed up his competition but was ready for seconds lol.

You have to go back four generations in Rich Strike’s pedigree to find a sireline that isn’t RAN, ND, or Turn-To.  Keen Ice’s first crop but his dam’s seventh—after six fillies.

I thought Rich Strike's pedigree was RAN/RAN with Smart Strike as the BMS - similar to Mine That Bird.

Since it's Mother's Day ... here's Rich Strike's mom:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPBMZWGqmE4