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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
He belongs with those type of horses.
None of them were especially accomplished 2yo's, but all of them except War Emblem had a huge performance at age 2.
He's about on par with that group.
Big Brown's Derby was a lot better. All four of them ran better races in the Preakness, imo. But, Chrome was the clear-cut star of the prep season this year...and that couldn't quite be said for the others...though Big Brown was huge in the FLA Derby and Smarty Jones was quite good in final 2 preps in Arkansas
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Is it really fair to include Smarty Jones in this group for not being especially accomplished at 2? He fractured his skull in July 2003 in the starting gate and didn't start til November, but he made it count when he did from what I can see. It seems like it was a case where he did have precocity, just couldn't participate yet. We don't know that he wouldn't have done something notable that fall. Something tells me he'd have made himself known in graded company at least.