the "what if" derby

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Originally Posted by Pointg5

I think Vindication is very overrated, he beat nothing in the Kentucky Cup and took advantage of a speed bias at Arlington...

With horses that ran this infrequently it is always difficult to know where they should be rated. In the BC Juvenile he beat Kafwain who won the Best Pal and the Norfolk as a 2yo, and Hold That Tiger who was the European 2yo champ that year. That is pretty good competition.

Who knows you may be right. But the horse was 4 for 4, has a classic-type pedigree, and beat some stiff competition in the biggest race of his life. For my money that puts him a leg up on the rest of these....but this race would definitely be a crapshoot.