Todd Pletcher’s Connemara closed from dead last to pass a tiring pace setter, Ranger Heartly, in mid-stretch. Connemara made his big move from the half mile mark to the ¾ mile mark, clicking of an internal fraction of 22.86, and then came home in average splits to take the prize. Haimish Hy ran the final eighth of a mile fastest of the field and nabbed 2nd at odds of 25/1. Connemara will likely move forward from this race (although the race came up pretty slow in terms of a speed figure) but as for the rest of the field, it’s difficult to see any as serious contenders for the Derby.