The Travers

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Lost Mountain won the race with a 107 Beyer and the next out Travers 1-2 finishers were second and third to him. It's not like his Haskell performance would have left him smoked by todays winner.

Here's a 3-year-old who went 3-for-11 .... Captain Steve.



He took on older horses in the Ky Cup, Goodwood, and Breeders Cup Classic - and beat every single one of them. The older Golden Missile was 2nd to him in the KY Cup with the Hollywood Gold Cup winner 3rd. Fellow 3yo Tiznow beat him in the Goodwood and fellow 3yo's Tiznow and Giant's Causeway beat him in the BC Classic. In fact, 3yo Albert The Great was 4th in that years Breeders Cup Classic after winning the JCGC with a 119 Beyer against olders in his prior start.

If you go 30 horses deep ... that 3yo crop of 2000 crushes any I've seen since. It's tough to put together a great resume when the opposition you face doesn't suck.

Counting Fupeg, 5 of the top 6 from that classic were three year olds. In the distaff, three of the top four were 3 year olds and War Chant won the mile.

More than ready, El corredor, left bank, lido palace.

That was a great year. One could make the case that the older horses sucked that year though. I can only remember LDK being any good.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Counting Fupeg, 5 of the top 6 from that classic were three year olds. In the distaff, three of the top four were 3 year olds and War Chant won the mile.

More than ready, El corredor, left bank, lido palace.

That was a great year. One could make the case that the older horses sucked that year though. I can only remember LDK being any good.

There are A LOT of really solid routers you're leaving out as well.

Also some pretty damn good sprinters - Caller One was a monster as a 3yo. Probably the best 3yo sprinter of the last decade. Horses like Swept Overboard, Trippi, Hook and Ladder, etc.

More Than Ready was 4th in that years Haskell and still got a 106 Beyer. MTR was 0-for-7 lifetime at a mile or further - but ran a couple 106's routing and six of his seven figs were in the 99-to-106 range. More Than Ready was considered like a joke at a mile and beyond because of the record - but put him in with this crop - and his performances are about as good as anything except obviously Eskendarya.