If ever there felt like a sure thing in racing, it was watching Deep Impact cruise down the stretch in the Japan Derby at Tokyo Racecourse on Sunday.
He has known, in five starts, only winning. And the Derby was to prove no exception.
Deep Impact gained the lead at the 300-meter mark with attitude and widened his margin with a nonchalance that made the competition -- 17 elite 3-year-old colts -- look more like aging geldings.