[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by philcski

I'm not banging on your selection, I thought he looked live at a price too. He wasn't good enough first out to beat a horse that had debuted strongly, simple as that. I just don't buy the pedigree handicapping all the time. ALL of these horses are extremely well bred, which is why they're running at Saratoga instead of River Downs. Your case was made on good works and a capable trainer, which I agreed with.

In the case of Cognito, he's a half to Cool Coal Man who's a pretty damned good 3yo, that's just as strong an angle, if not stronger, as the number of champions in a pedigree, no?

Not in most crops.