Look at it this way. . .
You say Sam P. is more deserving than Tiago so I'll compare those two because they make for a good comparison. . .
Sam P. has run in four graded stakes and hasn't won. . .
Tiago has run in two graded stakes and won a G1. . .
Sam P. has had four chances to prove himself as a stakes winner and has essentially failed. . .
Tiago hasn't necessarily proven himself off of one big effort, but he has atleast earned the chance to try and show that the SA Derby wasn't a fluke.
That's more than you can say for Sam P. (not that I don't think he belongs in the derby, just that Tiago deserves it more). . .
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