I have included our summary of the in-race metrics recorded for the first four horses to cross the line because I think it serves as the best example of just how dominant the winner was. As expected, he had the best late speed figure in the field at 39.59 mph, but that late speed figure was nearly 2 mph faster than any of his rivals and 1.6 mph faster than any horse has recorded on the dirt track at Keeneland in 2026. When Bentornato won this race at Del Mar in 2025, his run-out speed was 35.32 mph. Keeneland is a different track when compared to Del Mar so that does need to be accounted for, but despite having to make up more than a second on Englishman, T O Elvis reached 36.93 mph when he ran through the line on Saturday. Having been forced to race further back than ideal and having had to make his way through the field to get a clear run, the data would suggest that T O Elvis had to reach heights that very few sprinters have managed in the last 20 years. I can’t find any reason to suggest that Englishman didn’t run his race. His top speed, early fractions, stride length and stride frequency data are all above the numbers he recorded when winning the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial at Saratoga in August and his average speed figure compares closely with the 39.18 mph that he recorded when equalling the track record in the Woody Stephens in June. He had a wide draw to overcome, though the winner also came from a double-figure stall, but the race looked to pan out the way we imagined it would for Englishman. Perhaps a case could be made that he is better over the seven furlong trip than he is at six. Unlike at Saratoga, there was no opportunity to ease slightly on the pace at halfway and take an opportunity to conserve some of his energy. His minimum average stride frequency was higher at Keeneland than it has been in New York, but it’s a difference of less than 1%.