I only saw a replay later, but that was a jaw dropping race from the top-down view on the replay. That view made it easy to see the horses' relative positions. It's like MTB had an extra gear that none of the other horses had. Hanging back to conserve your energy is one thing, but the way he came on on the backstretch was like afterburners or something!

Yeah, that's a good question. How do you make the big bucks with a gelding? Unless it's just bragging rights with a particular crowd.