Invasor campaigned as an "older" last year, so he was not part of the 3yo picture.
As of now, it looks like this year's group has done more. Realistically, once Barbaro was hurt, no one stepped up but Bernardini. Bluegrass Cat was not even in his league. Look at it like this: Assume that the top 4 3yo's are SS, HS, Curlin and AGS (as shown by the BCC odds.) Had SS been injured in the Derby and unable to compete for the rest of the year (a la Barbaro) we would still be looking at a BCC dominated by 3yo's. C, HS, Tiago, AGS are the best horses in training and maybe they are really good or maybe the older horse division truly stunk this year. Maybe a little of both.
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RIP Monroe.
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