7.35 points the difference in the end. At its worst moment — Monday, chance of victory reading 27% — Mals Pals looked gone. Surtainly Autistic still held the lead as late as Monday, before the run that decided it.
The tape shows where it was won: Mals Pals took 3 of the six positions, none more brutally than WR — 36.8 plays 28.1. Daniel Jones finished with 24.6, the biggest individual return on either side.