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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Oh, there have been better preps than the Florida Derby this year for sure - just not a better performance by the winner.
If you look at what was fractured in behind him ... there wasn't much at all.
Though, Smooth Air and Tomcito both clearly had better trips than Big Brown did.
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Agree- however the race has been verified as the three runners that came back so far, Hey Byrn (won the Holy Bull), Nistle's Crunch (won an allowance @ KEE), and Tomcito (ran better than his Fl Derby figure despite finishing 6th), all have run acceptably well.
Let's face it, this is a putrid group. Colonel John would have finished 5th in the '05 SA Derby... and that was probably the worst SA Derby ever. And he's probably going to be the 2nd choice in the Derby...