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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The last 3 Fasig Tipon Calder sales toppers all raced as 2yo's.

2009: Sales topper Al Zir won his debut handily by 4 lengths at Newmarket against a 14 horse field. He went off at 9/5 odds. He also won his 2nd start and than was 3rd in a Group 1 stakes 3rd time out.

2008: Desert Party won his debut by 4 lengths going 4.5 furlongs at Arlington Park. He won the Sanford Stakes at Saratoga over Vinyard Haven second time out

2007: The Leopard was 2nd in his debut at Belmont to a Rick Violette debut winner. He won his second start going 6fs on the dirt at Saratoga with a 94 Beyer. Ended up 3-for-6 as a 2yo with two stakes win - one was a Graded Stakes win.

Generally - these horses that top that sale and make the races at age 2 aren't slow pieces of crap that often. Lion Heart topped this sale about 10 years - he was amazing as a 2yo.

His debut BC weekend at Santa Anita was arguably the best dirt performance of the entire weekend (outside of perhaps Cajun Beat.)