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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Whoever the guy was that thought Street Sense had the worst pedigree in the race---either he, or his numerical system, is nuts.
The mother was a very solid horse, the sire had an OUTSTANDING freshman crop, and certainly the horse is bred to get a distance.
From a pedigree standpoint, the worst horse in the race to see out the 10 furlong distance was Stormello. And the horse with the worst overall pedigree in the race was I'mawildandcrazy guy...who was by Wild Event out of an unraced Top Account mare.
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I won't argue that Stormello was among those most likely to be calling a taxi at the eighth-pole, but Teufelsberg gets a special award for being inbred to the family of Johannesburg, Minardi, Tale of the Cat, Pulpit, none of which could last out the 10f. Then he goes out in 1:16 for the 6f in the Blue Grass and STILL couldn't hold on. Imagine what Hard Spun could have done with a 1:16+?
As to 'crazy guy', his sire Wild Event won a G1 on turf, winning from 8f to 12f, and is already the sire of a Derby winner, Eu Tambem, winner of the 2006/7 Argentine Derby at 2500m (12.5f) on dirt; he is by top sire Wild Again and a half-brother to G1 winners Paradise Creek and Forbidden Apple. Top Account won the King's Bishop at Saratoga when it was G2, placed in the Jerome and NYRA Mile (G1), by Private Account out of G2 winner Up the Flagpole and a half-brother to 3 G1 winners plus 3 other SWs. Crazy Guy's female family isn't fashionable but is solid - lots of runners and winners, with a sprinkling of SWs (Din's Dancer, G1-placed SW of over $1/2 million, e.g.). I wouldn't call this a bad pedigree at all.