The final margin — 28.35 — flatters nobody's nerves; this was a procession by the end. At its worst moment — Monday, chance of victory reading 19% — Post Chubb Depression looked gone. They Hit The 2nd Bower still held the lead as late as Monday, before the run that decided it.
The tape shows where it was won: Post Chubb Depression took 4 of the six positions, none more brutally than RB — 43.3 plays 17.6. Bo Nix finished with 41.75, the biggest individual return on either side.