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Originally Posted by Spalding No!
For the Belmont?
Justify - unraced, retired
Tapwrit - no wins
Creator - no wins
American Pharoah - Haskell; BC Classic
Tonalist - Jockey Club Gold Cup (2x); Cigar Mile; Grade 1-placed (3x)
Palace Malice - Met Mile; won 4 other Graded Stakes
Union Rags - unraced; retired
Ruler On Ice - winner; Grade 1-placed (2x)
Drosselmeyer - BC Classic; Grade 1-placed (1x)
Summer Bird - Travers; Jockey Club Gold Cup; Grade 1-placed (1x)
Da Tara - no wins
Rags To Riches - Grade 1-placed (1x)
Jazil - no wins
Afleet Alex - unraced
Birdstone - Travers
Empire Maker - no wins
Sarava - no wins
Point Given - Haskell; Travers
Commendable - Grade 1-placed (2x)
Lemon Drop Kid - Travers; Whitney; Woodward; Grade 1-placed (1x)
Victory Gallop - Whitney; Grade 1-placed (3x)
Touch Gold - Haskell
Editor's Note - Super Derby
Thunder Gulch - Travers
Tabasco Cat - Grade 1-placed (2x)
Colonial Affair - Whitney; Jockey Club Gold Cup; Grade 1-placed (2x)
A.P. Indy - BC Classic; Grade 1-placed (1x)
Hansel - Grade 1-placed (2x)
Go And Go (IRE) - winner, Graded Stakes-placed
Easy Goer - Whitney; Travers; Woodward; Jockey Club Gold Cup; Suburban; G1p (2x)
Risen Star - unraced
Bet Twice - Haskell; Pimlico Special; G1p (3x)
Danzig Connection - G2 winner; G1p (3x)
Creme Fraiche - American Derby; Jerome; Super Derby; Jockey Club Gold Cup (2x); Meadownlands Cup; G1p (10x)
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It's worth noting that some if these accolades ("winner", "graded stakes placed") are consistent with mediocrity, and a number of these horses were indeed mediocre.
