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Well I think we can agree it will be a lot of firsts for Justify in the KY Derby
1. First time facing a field over 7 horses
2. First time racing at a track other than Santa Anita
3. First time he will make actual physical contact with another horse
4. First time he will take any significant amount of dirt in a race
5. First time he faces a top tier horse. ( Sorry Bolt does not qualify as top tier ecspecially when he treated the race more like a tune up than a race )
Serious question ....
Has Justify actually ever raced against a horse that has crossed the wire first in any race at all this year ??? I know Bolt has not. Maybe one of the other 13 horses he has raced against in his career has actually won at some point this year ??? Maybe one of them took down a $2500 claimer at Thistledown ??
Maybe we have another first for Justify ....
6. First time racing against a horse that has crossed the wire first in 2018
You actually have to feel sorry for Justify. Putting such a lightweight up against a battle tested , well oiled racing machine , wrecking machine and just all around beast of a horse like Mendelssohn. Baffert should be ashamed !!
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