"We knew there was a lot of early speed in this race," Prado said.

With his early speed, he ought to be leading into the stretch.

Chilito drew the No. 4 post and was expected to supply some early speed.

No one with early speed was able to hold on.

Still, he's got a lot of early speed and he could have gone on ahead of them.

But why should the lack of a tail produce early speed?

He drew No. 15, and may be forced to use his early speed to cut across the field to catch the leaders.

Against a field of seven today, however, he did, and showed some surprising early speed.

Eventually, his leg problems cleared up enough for him to race and show great early speed.

Yonder has no early speed, and he drew the outside in a field of 12.