Much like Giacomo, this horse would have been long forgotten if Jeremy Rose had figured out how to ride Afleet Alex sooner. Once Rose let Afleet Alex lope along down the backstretch (Preakness, Belmont) and make a big run around the far turn and into the stretch, he was a tough racehorse.
Unfortunately it seemed to take Rose awhile to figure that out and so, we have "G1 winners" from that crop like Wilko and Giacomo.
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