With Balto Star cruising on the lead and starting to pull away after setting a very slow pace, With Anticipation looked hopelessly beaten.

Then Kostiei knew that he had been hopelessly beaten, and the prince and princess continued their journey without any more adventures.

He started to drop back on the far turn and looked hopelessly beaten, only to come again on the outside to edge Newfoundland a few strides before the wire.

Brian's Time took half a mile to get his footing, trailing the field by at least 15 lengths and appearing hopelessly beaten.

Silver Tree, the even-money favorite, looked hopelessly beaten after being crowded into the first turn and pushed back to 10th place.

He broke his maiden by seven lengths and in his next race he was hopelessly beaten and then he won.

Then on Sunday, the Scarlet Knights seemed hopelessly beaten against Texas.

It appeared that we were hopelessly beaten.

But he, and I, and everyone who watched us, knew that he was hopelessly beaten.

He looked hopelessly beaten with a furlong to go that day, but found a second gear and ran down Gulch in the final strides.