Originally Posted by
warrant
#6 Giant Diablo (w/p) (BEST BET)
She's the fastest trotter in the world (1:50.1) and she looked very strong in her qualifier. Trotted the last quarter in :27 and they never even raised the lines on her. A huge aspect to keep in mind is the way the Europeans train and race. They don't play the games North Americans do: when they qualify a horse and drop in the box, they don't need a start or two to "get their legs under them." They also very rarely race at the mile distance in Europe, so you can bet she's been trained anywhere from 1 1/4 to 2 miles as she trained back. That really helps a horse's stamina.