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Originally Posted by georgewashington
Birdstone is very underrated. However your shot at Commendable is pretty low. He is actually in South Korea now but he had a nice race career. Not only did he win a Classic, but he ran well in the Travers too. That Travers was an incredible race where Unshaded nosed out Three Chimneys Albert the Great. I don't remember it but he also was second in the Super Derby. Not a great horse, but he deserves a little respect.
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George, almost universally Commendable is regarded as the worst winner of the Belmont in the last few decades. The race was insanely slow, came back with insanely slow figures and shows how a bad horse can win a big race if they are allowed to run with a pace of 1:14 and 2 for 3/4 and then stay for a 2:31 and change win.