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Originally Posted by Spalding No!
Nice deflection from his partial 3yo campaign that garnered him the HOY award.
Nevertheless, I'll bite because I find it interesting that you don't seem to give much weight to the fact that Justify took 6 races between February and June--including the Triple Crown and one other Grade 1--and yet would concede the 1978 HOY award to Seattle Slew, whose campaign basically ran from September 5 to November 11, making 5 starts with 3 wins and 2 seconds.
Never mind Exceller, who was 7 for 10 and took down major prizes coast-to-coast in a year-long campaign, including the Hollywood Gold Cup and Jockey Club Gold Cup amid several top-tier prizes on the turf.
Also, Affirmed's saddle slipped in the Jockey Club Gold Cup so I wouldn't considerate that a definitive display of Seattle Slew's superiority over the younger colt, especially since Slew didn't even win the race.
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Seattle Slew had 2 convincing victories over the horse who won the award. They weren't close. Voting for a proven inferior was indefensible
