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Originally Posted by cj
127 for both, and both carrying 126 though one was obviously a young 3yo.
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But that does not give Accelerate credit for ground loss. If you look at the ThoroGraph figures (which factor in ground loss). Accelerate's Classic negative 3 1/2 is significantly better than Justify's Derby figure of negative 1 1/2. I would never call a Classic run in a negative 3 1/2 "in contention for the worst of all time". Mabe Justify would have improved enough to match that but that is a matter of speculation regarding a horse who could not remain sound long enough to even make the Classic. Shouldn't the ability to remain sound enough to race an entire season? I thought the industry was striving for greater soundness. If so, they should reward horses capable of doing so successfully.
HOY should not be based on speculation of how much a horse might improve.
