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Originally Posted by Gander
You could make the case for the 2005 Belmont being weak as a field, but I think Afleet Alex was clearly a great horse and very unlucky not to have been a Triple Crown winner, as he was 5 lengths the best in the KY Derby.
Jazil is a good horse who was in the right place at the right time. If you run the 2006 Belmont 5 times, there is a good chance you get 4-5 different winners.
If you run the 2005 Belmont Stakes 5 times, well I think its hard pressed to say that any of those would have been near Afleet Alex. He was a machine.
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I don't agree with the second paragraph, but definitely agree with the latter. Afleet Alex looked flat to me coming down the stretch in the Derby so I don't really agree with him being 5 lengths better on that day, but any other day, yes.