What Smarty Jones faced in 2004 & what Big Brown faces on Saturday....the difference?

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Do you guys remember what Birdstone's PPs looked like before the Belmont?

http://www.drf.com/row/pps/04belmont.pdf

Those are no better than most that will be in this year's Belmont. Purge is really the only one that would stand out against this field as bad as it is. And I'm not convinced in the least that Big Brown is even as good as Smarty Jones.