I was surprised at how far back he was. I would have liked to have been a lot closer, but they were running fast so I left him alone. I let the horse do his own running. At the quarter pole, he was flying, so I had to swing him out into the clear, and he got the job done.
He stays the same pace, and every time he hears someone coming, he's so game that he goes on again. He makes my job a lot easier.