flashy bull

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

that's a good point. the best 3yos don't "pass" on this race.. they're injured, not ready, or retired by then.... or weren't good enough at the time to enter.

Well isn't that obvious? I mean what the Derby really does is show us that most in there didn't belong in the race in the first place, usually about ten in there don't belong. By August they are not running them in races that high in class.