No disrespect to Captain Albano who simply got it done and finally showed his promise from last year but Mirage put in a monstrous effort....big fan of this horse and he has been hard luck all year and put up some incredible last quarters. Last race was bearing down on Ruthless Hanover in a 147.3 mile. Looked like he was going to get totally cooked after being parked the whole Jug final and somehow was still coming on to be a strong 2nd. I think he is going to be huge on the big tracks this fall at Red Mile and BC at the Big M