'41: Kentucky Derby:
'43: Kentucky Derby:
'41: $1,250 CLM Route:
'43: $2,000 CLM Route:
Whirlaway's raw final time was 22 points faster than Count Fleet's. However, I had the '41 track 13 points faster in routes than the '43 track.
Whirlaway's Derby was 122. Count Fleet's Derby was 113.
Whirlaway's Derby certainy held up well:
2nd place finisher Staretor (111) returned to So. Cal after the Ky Derby and finished first in his next 3 starts - including a Hollywood Derby win at 10fs - before an injury sidelined him.
3rd place finisher Market Wise (110) came into the Derby 4-for-4 lifetime in routes - and was a last out Wood Memorial winner. He was later a champion older male.
4th place finisher Porter's Cap (107) won the Santa Anita Derby by 4 lengths - and was a easy last out winner of the Chesapeake Stakes in his Eastern prep for the Derby
5th place finisher Little Beans (105) was 11-7-2-1 lifetime - and his one off the board finish was the result of a DQ in a race he finished first.
Flamingo winner Dispose finished 6th - last out 6 length winner of the Blue Grass Our Boots finished 8th.
Great video clip on Whirlaway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o-5TR0m5N8 (His win in the Preakness was an AMAZING film)