Monmouth’s $1-million Haskell this afternoon is a deceptively important race, meaning that it will be a more challenging duel for its top runners than their connections, not to mention a ton of players, initially imagined. Yes, the Haskell can still be regarded as a ‘prep’ — but just barely. When we begin to tease out what it means that Kentucky Derby winner Mage is not just not the favorite but a co-second favorite — which is to say, that one athlete is held in higher initial esteem than he and one other is cheek-by-jowl with him — then we have to know that this running will hold some
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