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Originally Posted by Pointg5

Charismatic ran in the SA Derby as well...

How can you include overall wins for a HOY? I believe the criteria the committe would use would be Graded Stakes, that they are equal...

Well if you want to get technical about it they were not equal in graded stakes. Smarty Jones finished second in the graded stakes race he didn't win, while Charasmatic finished third.
Obviously graded stakes victories is probably the most important criteria used in determining HOY. But if all things are equal in that category - as they are here - other criteria are used. Criteria like total stakes won, money earned, finishes in other graded stakes races etc. In ALL of those categories SJ is better than Char.