I haven't waded thorugh this whole thread (because comparing Big Brown to Swale is like comparing bowling balls to garden hoses. You could try, but why?) but would add that Swale tended to follow a good race/bad race pattern and was true to that form in the Triple Crown.
As for Woody, I can't question his skills, he was a master. Fast works right before a race were quite common then and fast works at all are rare now.
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RIP Monroe.
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