How Derby winners have performed in Preakness since '89

[Calzone Lord]

I only knocked I'll Have Another's chances relative to Bodemeister...and of course you would bring that up and not Street Sense. It's par for the course with you.

Dullahan (12 lengths) and Went The Day Well (18 lengths) finished a close third and fourh in a similar paced Derby ... and were the real performances knocked.

I'll Have Another (8 lengths back) was closer to last years pace than Normandy Invasion (8.5 lengths back) was this year.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I only knocked I'll Have Another's chances relative to Bodemeister...and of course you would bring that up and not Street Sense. It's par for the course with you.

Dullahan (12 lengths) and Went The Day Well (18 lengths) finished a close third and fourh in a similar paced Derby ... and were the real performances knocked.

I'll Have Another (8 lengths back) was closer to last years pace than Normandy Invasion (8.5 lengths back) was this year.

But why would you bring up Dullahan and went Went the day Well when we are talking about the chances of horses that won the Derby from off the pace?

Nobody is arguing with you about the fact that there have been plenty of also-rans who came from 20 lengths back on a fast pace and picked up a piece. I totally agree with you about that. If Golden Soul was running in the Preakness, I would not like his chances at all. I'm with you there. But I don't think Orb is a similar horse to Golden Soul or Make Music for Me or any of the horses you've been bringing up in all these threads.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

But why would you bring up Dullahan and went Went the day Well when we are talking about the chances of horses that won the Derby from off the pace?

Dullahan and Went The Day Well relate more to Golden Soul, Revolutionary, and Mylute.

They all successfully closed more than 10 lengths and finished in the Derby superfecta.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Dullahan and Went The Day Well relate more to Golden Soul, Revolutionary, and Mylute.

They all successfully closed more than 10 lengths and finished in the Derby superfecta.

I agree with you. I think those are legit comparisons. I just wouldn't compare those horses to Orb.