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Originally Posted by cmorioles
Except for the fact he was never, ever going to win the Belmont.
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Well, if Afleet Alex had fallen in the Preakness, he wouldn't have been back for the Belmont
Giacomo had the lead, and was in hand, after 10 furlongs in the Belmont---it was really the only time in his career when he let off the bit in the stretch, and horses passed him....something seemed amiss, and after surgery, he wouldn't run for another nine months.
Had he won the Preakness via tragedy, everyone would have said that the "racing Gods" stopped him at the 1/4 pole in the Belmont...as he would have been horrendously unworthy.