Is American Pharoah Baffert's best horse?

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

Gary Stevens is what happened to Point Given in the Derby....that's how to rush him up into suicidal fractions there Gary. He probaly felt like punching himself in the face after that ride.

The horse didn't have it that day. It is true that it was a suicidal pace. They went the half in :44 4/5. Point Given was laying 6th and he was about 6 lengths behind or so. Was this closer than he should have been? Yes, it was. He should have probably been laying more like 12-14 lengths back. He ended up getting beat by about 13 lengths. Congaree was laying 4th and was much closer to the pace than Point Given. Congaree ended up running 2nd and he beat PG by about 8 lengths.

I don't know how you could possible say PG was best that day. If he ended up losing the race by only 3-4 lengths, then you could make a good argument that he might have been best that day. But when a horse loses by 13 lengths and is losing ground to horses who were in front of him and getting passed by horses that were behind him, I don't know how you can think that the ride cost him the race.