This horse looks like the real deal. I like him better than any of the other contenders I've seen. Although I worry he'll pull a Maximum Security type move down the stretch and get himself DQ'ed. As you said, he makes his own problems.
“there’s a case to be made, and I’m making it, that Sierra Leone is simply a 1-turn closer. in all 3 of his 9 panel races, the horse has lugged-in (fairly significantly), in deep stretch. now extrapolate that another panel, and you’re staring down the barrel of a potential DQ”