Can we talk about Orb?

[moses]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Really? You think he ran a better race in the Travers than Palace Malice?

Orb was an excellent horse. Maybe mediocre for a Derby winner, and he was very fortunate to win that day, but he was still a very good horse.

Agreed with all of this.

If he didn’t win the Derby, I wonder how long he would have run. Maybe he would have gotten better with age? Maybe he simply peaked at the right time? Who knows. He won the Fountain of Youth, Florida Derby, and Kentucky Derby. Hard for me to call him mediocre.