Say what? What is it you are trying to say?
He had a layoff necessitated by injury in his three year old year, then ran in allowances, the Kings Bishop, and blew away Elders in the Vosburgh.
He was unsound enough that he almost didn't run at age 4.
Once he did run, danced in 4 races in 4 months and passed the eyeball check in the Woodward, and than put on a dazzling display in the BCC that left no doubt as to what he was.
He then returned at age 5, and off a long layoff ran one of the best figure wise Met Miles ever with ease.
He wasn't ducking anyone, his physical problems necessitated that he have the layoffs he did have.
There is a big differnce between ducking horses and making sure one still has all 4 legs working.
Sorry, but his BCC, Woodward, Met Mile, and Vosburgh were all spectacular.