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Originally Posted by dilanesp
One of the dumber Horse of the Year votes, that shows you how much this sport stupidly worships the TC, was that year. Yes, Slew had an abbreviated year, but the one thing he proved beyond doubt was that he was better than Affirmed. He should have been HOTY.
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Affirmed didn’t just win the Triple Crown that year. He won eight of eleven races-disqualified after finishing first in the Travers. Five of those were grade 1.
You could make a good case for him being Horse of the Year. You could also make a Strong case for Seattle Slew.
