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Originally Posted by Tom
He was my Derby play.
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Mine too.
He wasn't especially good, but he was underrated at the time. Beyer had yet to realize that his new synthetic figures were coming up too low for top horses (like him, Zenyatta, and others). Many top horses were jumping up when put on dirt and getting a meaningful pace. Beyer eventually changed his process, but that was later.
POTN didn't run especially well in the Derby (though a 2nd is nothing to sneeze at) and then went bad in the Peakness. He never had the chance to prove himself. But it was nice he proved his quality as a stallion. Tough loss.