[Ted Craven]

For Tonic, the 2nd or the 4th line both have it better than Polish, so I wanted to represent the horse by a line which I thought would more likely be run today, and that was not going to be the wire-to-wire win.

I think that was among the (several) reasons I was intrigued by this race, and perhaps got a (very small) epiphany about how all analysis needs to start with a clear recognition of the horses' running styles and how they are likely to interact with each other (i.e. a matchup).

Ted