Thank You Mine That Bird

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Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

I'm not sure whether the beyers failed as poorly as any other method of handicapping but I would like to know why this crop WAS considered eons stronger than last year's before the Derby and after today I read descriptions of "mediocrity" right and left.
Obviously QR And IWR are nice horses so besides them who makes this crop so much stronger than last years crop if the remaining runners in today's race are mediocre?

Which makes the Preakness an even more interesting race IF they run, many answers to questions we(I) need answered.