Afleet Alex

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Originally Posted by miraja2

It is all just luck really. I think most people would agree that Smarty Jones and Afleet Alex were better horses - and had better years - than someone like Charismatic. It just so happened that in 2004 and 2005 there was a fairly clear cut champion in the older horse division. When this is the case, that horse will usually win HOY. In 1999 you had a situation where the BCC was won by Cat Thief who had won only one other stakes race that year, and who had actually been beaten by Charismatic in the Derby. So obviously Cat Thief isn't going to be HOY....thus Charasmatic wins by default.

I don't know how you can say Smarty and Afleet Alex had better years than Charismatic:

All three won a G2 then 2/3rd's of the Triple Crown, looks pretty even to me. Charismatic got really good in the Lexington Stakes and then went from there...