I don't think the jocks mattered much ... Skip Away beat Cigar going a classic distance as a 3yo with Sellers on him.
I don't think Skip Away got better near the end ... I just think the epic talent level of the competition he was facing wore down before he did. Formal Gold and Will's Way both retired at supreme levels. Gentlemen was starting to decline. It was bacially a cause and effect.
When sharp horses like this get out of the way ....
You finally saw the long win streak and the sillyness about Skip Away's inability to win more than half of his races was put to rest.
