1.   Last time out the Michael Stoute-trained colt narrowly missed landing a Listed race at Chester, being headed in the final strides by Nassma.

2.   Both were trained by Bob Baffert, and both missed their shot at the Triple Crown in the final strides.

3.   But in a ringing drive down the stretch, she finally caught Escena in the final strides and thrust her neck in front as they crossed the finish line.

4.   But the final strides of the mile-and-an-eighth race proved too much for Pennine Ridge, who faded to fourth place.

5.   But with all that, he took the final strides toward a season that made history.

6.   Edging to the front in the final strides after a stretchlong battle, Aldiza beat the prohibitive favorite by a nose for her first Grade I victory.

7.   Fourteen horses failed to do it when they lost the Belmont, including two in the final strides in the last two years.

8.   Gentlemen, sapped from his challenge, surrendered second in the final strides to Sandpit.

9.   He built a three-length lead entering the stretch before Alphabet Soup rallied in the final strides to make it close.

10.   It was a good race-watching day early, when four of the first five races were undecided until the final strides.