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Originally Posted by todko
Jazil would have beaten Bernardini w/o much trouble at 12F. His Derby coming from last at Churchill was better than Bernardini's Classic at the same distance. Stretch it out to 12 and he'd beat Bernardini. Invasor too.
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You might be the only person alive who believes that Jazil's dead heat for 4th place, while well beaten in the Derby---was so impressive that it would somehow translate to a winning performance over Bernardini and Invasor at slightly further distance of ground.
Invasor and Bernardini are both excellent horses. Heck, the 3rd place finisher to them that day isn't so bad either....he did win a pair of Grade 1's this year..and his win in the Clark was a totally emphatic score over a big field of a average to mediocre types.
Jazil's only other lifetime win, besides the phony Belmont Stakes (when he won from last-to-first in a race that featued a TOTAL pace meltdown up front) came in an AQU maiden special weight race that was taken off-the-turf! He managed to win it by a head, over the great Tasteville, with a 78 Beyer figure. Some horse eh?