He ran the mile and a half in a tame 2:28 1/5 after slow fractions, but paid $11.40 for $2 to win and banked $300,000.
They end up getting impossibly far behind a slow early pace, and the leader who has set slow fractions has plenty left to keep going.
They set slow fractions in the Fountain of Youth and still could not last.
The slow early fractions today reduced the race to a three-furlong sprint to the wire.
Nugun was a fraction of a second slow in stepping off, and an arrow sliced down through his shoulder.
Media darling and Derby winner Big Brown was left alone on the lead with slow early fractions in the first half mile.
He was allowed to control the pace while setting slow fractions, but he showed little when Corinthian challenged him.
But she is a fraction too slow and gets only the first three digits.
She figures to be loose on the lead Saturday, and the key is whether she can relax and set slow fractions.
Another was a fraction too slow in recovering from his surprise, and the Cilhar ran him through.