Best opening 8f's run in the Ky Derby

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Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

The scariest fact about this list is that Giacomo was the most productive runner after the Belmont.

You would say that Giacomo was more productive than Street Sense? Giacomo had his doors blown off in the Preakness and Belmont and didn't win another race until the '06 San Diego Handicap. At least Street Sense won the Jim Dandy and Travers, albeit against very soft competition. I would say Street Sense was more productive.

I would also say that Strike the Gold was more productive despite only winning another three races and one of them being an allowance. He did win the PImlico Special and Nassau County Handicap in consecutive starts in 1992 and finished 2nd in the Jockey Club Gold Cup the same year, just ahead of subsequent BC Classic winner A.P. Indy.