Winning Colors vs. Rags to Riches

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Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

Talent and accomplishments. WC would have never beat Curlin in that Belmont Stakes.

rags wouldn't have won last years derby, let alone the one in which winning colors ran-and won.
everyone knows the derby is ranked ahead of the belmont. it's why all 10f races are referred to as the 'classic' distance. not 12f. the belmont is an anomaly, as are quite a few of its winners!