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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
Seriously, though, had he made it to either the Travers or Super Derby, he would have emulated Houston in the Santa Anita Derby that year.
Did hold 3rd-tier 3yos Roi Danzig and Music Merci at bay in the Ohio Derby and Haskell, respectively, though.
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I know jockey opinions often don't mean much but again, for what it's worth, Gary Stevens said he thought that had KG remained healthy and running, he would have been favored in that SA Derby and not Sunday Silence.
How he would have done in the Travers or Super Derby is up for debate. I do know that lone speed is dangerous and I would have loved to have seen how it would have played out. I would have loved his chances. Also, nobody is saying that those fields he beat in the Ohio Derby and Haskell were anything special. But how were they worse than what Easy Goer was beating in the Gotham and Wood (Diamond Donnie, Rock Point, and Triple Buck) or what Sunday Silence was beating in the Super Derby and at Santa Anita (Big Earl and that same Music Merci)?
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