CD and the Preakness, interesting data

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Originally Posted by Cardus

I was trying to think of horses with really interesting dosage profiles, and two random ones came to mind: Unbridled and Risen Star. Both had points in all categories, I think, and a lot of points overall. I guess that Risen Star's sire was a chef-de-race, right?

Yeah, you could say Risen Star's daddy was OK...Risen Star was, in my opinion, very mishandled by his connections, their last minute jockey change and crazy instructions to Eddie D cost Star the Derby I'll always believe. He proved his class by dominating the Preakness and destroying the field in the Belmont (despite running on three good hooves). I honestly think Star could have been in a class with the very best if not for mishandling resulting in early retirement. Star's daddy was, of course, the great Secretariat, his mom, a graded stake winner in her own right, was Ribbon...daughter of the outstanding CDR His Majesty. Star's DP=12-15-27-4-2, DI=2.08, CD=0.52.
As you can tell, one of my favorites!