Jim French was my first 'Derby horse', the first one I latched onto as a 2yo and followed all the way to the big race. He was a great one to choose, because he ran so often!
I put on his racing colors every time he went to post. And then that Venezuelan runner flew in and kept my Jimmy boy from becoming the Derby winner! I realize, Jimbo was not as good a horse as his contemporary Hoist the Flag, but with The Flag out of the picture. Jim was as good as any of them. And tougher. He was an old-fashioned hickory-type dirt horse and was totally wasted at stud in France.