The FuPeg argument is a little like my argument that Bellamy Road was the superior horse of that crop. I can't back it up with facts particularly, and the other side can do a better job of that, but it's just my opinion. FuPeg was overrated, no doubt, but he was also pretty good. He was basically done in by physical issues, perhaps partly because he was excessively babied, and I happen to agree with Justin that he didn't handle the track at Pimlico at all in the Preakness. I am loathe to use that as an excuse but in watching that race it seems painfully obvious to me.
War Emblem's faster numbers were somewhat circumstantial, though I guess his Preakness win was totally legitimate, so I suppose the argument is at least fair. But, even though FuPeg ultimately was a disappointment, drowning El Corredor and Albert the Great ( who won the Jockey Club by 10 a few weeks later - he forgot to bounce ) in the Jerome off a four month layoff was pretty damn impressive.
To me, Silver Charm and Touch Gold could both have won the Triple Crown against some of the crops we have seen in recent years. I think a sound Touch Gold was better than Smarty Jones.
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