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Originally Posted by Aly-Sheba
I'm not comparing AP to Seattle Slew at this point and its been 28 years, but SS had almost 5 months off before his first race as 3yr old. and ran 4 times in less then 4 weeks while winning the Derby.
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It's uncanny, but from March onwards in their respective 3yo years, American Pharoah's career closely parallels that of War Emblem.
Two facile wins leading up to the Derby; slow-paced merry-go-round Derby; Victor Espinoza aboard...
The only difference is War Emblem ran quite a bit faster.