Before arriving at CDX, while he qualified on a number of angles, Endoresement was lacking foundation, he was the only horse in the derby with only 1 race at 2. The KY Derby isn't a race to bet on horses who lack seasoning and foundation. That goes against every *derby rule* I have.
IMHO, I think the "Sunland/MTB" magic got stuck in some people's psychology, conscious or unconsciously, and the fact he ran a good race there, and it being a feel-good story, are what he had going for him. (none of those are handicapping angles for me
). He did qualify on the angle that he seemed to be an improving horse....that would be fine for an everyday stakes race.
(I guess from a learning/handicapping perspective, I'd be interested to hear the actual
hard-line handicapping angles (pedigree or otherwise) on him that put him anywhere near the bottom of a superfecta ticket, even before the workouts? )
LoD would be a similar horse in many respects.
