This good bodied, muscular, classy-looking colt quickly went right away from his rivals up the straight despite looking somewhat unfocused. He was still moving strongly crossing the line and might well be able to run even faster.

If you look back at Deep Speed’s debut, it tells you a lot. He just didn’t seem to get the message that he was supposed to put in a greater effort until very late in the race whereupon he bounded forward from far back to take third within the last 150 yards.