3-year-old crops since 2000:
2010: pure dogsh!t
2009: A 3yo filly was open lengths superior to everything
2008: Big Brown and a bunch of dogsh!t
2007: Solid crop - not as talented at the top as '06, but much deeper.
2006: Bernardini, Discreet Cat, Barbaro - no depth though
2005: Afleet Alex, Bellamy Road - and a lot of junk
2004: solid crop - but the older males were friggen strong.
2003: Very solid crop - but the older males were friggen strong
2002: War Emblem, Medaglia D' Oro, Came Home - avg depth
2001: VERY strong wildly underrated crop going into the Kentucky Derby - injuries took a big toll. Almost everything got hurt before year end.
2000: Awesome crop. VERY talented and easily the deepest of all since.
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