For astute handicappers, that was a sign that the colt was rounding into top form.
It's great for the sport to have all the best competitors on top form.
The teenager from Vail, Colorado arrived at her first world world championships in top form.
The Monaco and Togo striker has been in top form for club and country.
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He has just recovered from an injury but he looks on top form physically.
Reid always believed Hamilton were ready to hit top form when he had his strongest squad available.
And the six-time champion hit top form in the deciding fifth set as Falla's fire finally died out.
Argyle continued to force the pace but Stuart Thurgood and McSweeney were in top form for the visitors.
Grainger, the US number one fighting back to top form after an eight-month lay-off, was in sparkling form.
Cilic dropped the first set but took a 2-1 lead as Del Potro struggled to find his top form.
In 2001, the County Clare-born rider battled back to fitness and top form to claim the next three titles.
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With a little more work in the nets, I think I can hopefully reach top form for that match.
Malky Mackay's side poured forward in search of a winner but found Reading goalkeeper Adam Federici on top form.
Shawn Crawford, the 2004 Olympic gold medallist and 2008 Olympic silver medallist, looked in top form as he clocked 20.37.
All are in top form for "Lohengrin, " whose orchestral prelude and choral passages are the musical crux of any performance.
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By the time he was substituted 10 minutes before the end, he looked to be in something approaching his top form.
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These will be added to the votes cast by the public on Thursday, so the acts must still be on top form.
Kjeldsen is also a man in top form having recently won the Andalusian Open and climbed to 45 in the world rankings.
Howell was in top form before suffering the injury while warming up for the second round of the US Open at Pinehurst.
In the men's 100m, Ghana's Aziz Zakari , winner in Paris and runner-up three weeks ago in Rome, returned to top form.
Irish lost top spot to Northampton on Friday and the visitors never hit top form at Adams Park in their bid to reclaim it.
He was sidelined for six months with a knee injury but he has struggled to regain top form since returning to action in February 2006.
"Richie Gray has been in top form for Glasgow, " said Robinson.
Wallace has had a brilliant season to date and if on top form will really compete with McCaw - if he does Ireland will do well.
Russia are already without 2002 hero Mikhail Youzhny, who is missing after failing to regain top form since missing the US Open with a neck injury.
England's world champion and world record holder Gemma Spofforth progressed from Tuesday's semi-finals of the 100m backstroke , but neither she nor Simmonds looked on top form.
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Should Goubert hit top form again, the team could well find themselves climbing further up the ranks, especially if Halgand can produce a more consistent run throughout the race.
The authors cautioned against overgeneralizing but said the study showed that accumulating experience alone isn't enough to keep surgeons in top form, so more late-career training may be necessary.
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The world number 16 from Dunblane suddenly found his top form, winning the breaker easily, only to see Tursunov manufacture three break-points in game six of the final set.
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