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Originally Posted by Spalding No!
The 2015 Kentucky Derby was to that point American Pharoah's least impressive performance outside his debut and yet Baffert still thought enough of him to run him in the Preakness...
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Maybe if you are not going to apply any analytical skills at all and simply just look at the race charts for margin of victory than the 2015 derby win may have been the “ least impressive “ but once you apply even basic handicapping skills to the race it’s easy to see once you factor in that AP broke from post 18 and raced wide every step of the way against two quality horses like Dortmund and Firing Line who had ideal post positions ( 8 and 10 ) and also got fairly easy fractions upfront than the fact AP was able to stalk those two and win at all even if it was “only” by a few lengths was hardly his least impressive victory.
