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Originally Posted by Spalding No!
Kind of a silly argument to bring up when you hold Accelerate to the same standard.
Of all the races he won this year, just 3 horses (out of 20 different horses) returned to win another race...and only one of those was able to win multiple times. They were:
Pavel...who won the Stephen Foster G1 amid a series of defeats.
City of Light...who took the BC Dirt Mile G1 after racing sparingly (and losing) during the summer and fall.
Ike Walker...who took 2 optional claimers (he was in for the tag) from 6 or so starts after being defeated by Accelerate in the San Pasqual.
Meanwhile, Justify beat 3 subsequent winners in his allowance score. A graded stakes winner (Core Beliefs) came out of the SA Derby.
In the KY Derby, Good Magic (G1), Audible, Hofburg, Promises Fulfilled (G1, MGSW), Lone Sailor (G3), and Firenze Fire (MGSW) all won subsequently and Mendelssohn and Bravazo placed in multiple Grade 1s each.
In addition to the Derby runners aforementioned, the Preakness produced subsequent graded stakes winner Tenfold. The new shooters in the Belmont did nothing subsequently.
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How many of those horses Justify beat have ever won a race over older horses?
By definition the Derby winner will beat some stakes winners. Means nothing because it isn't open competition.
