How about the group Singspiel beat in the '97 World Cup overall?
* 2nd place finisher Siphon won the Big Cap by 3 lengths with a 120 Beyer his prior start. Returned to America with Beyers of 115 and 117 in his next two starts after the defeat.
* 3rd place finisher Sandpit was a champion 3-year-old in Brazil with 4 South American Grade 1 wins and 5 United States Grade 1 wins. He won or placed in major stakes from ages 2 to 8 and he ran a 116 Beyer on dirt in his start before the World Cup loss to Singspeil.
* 4th place finisher Key Of Luck helped introduce the world to Kiaran McLaughlin juice.
On March 27th 1996 he won the Dubai Duty Free in a 14 horse field by a mere 20 lengths. His final time of 2:03 3/5ths was a tick faster than Cigar's 2:03 4/5ths on the same day at the same distance ... meaning he would have got a higher Beyer than Cigar got that day. Those pesky detention barns at Pimlico probably cost him the Pimlico Special.
Here's Cigar's PP's again if you want to see the final time comparison for that day ...
* 5th place finisher Formal Gold returned to America and set the world on fire.
Singspiel beat that group making his first start off of a long layoff and running on dirt for the only time in his career.