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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I know. I think you're really overstating the importance of that. A lot of Derby winners like Big Brown, Mine That Bird etc have unimpressive female families.

You are probably right that, given commercial breeding trends, pedigree has been less of a factor in the Derby in recent years than it was historically.

What struck me about this year's Juvenile field was how light the pedigrees were, especially compared to the two juvenile turf races this year, where the fields are rather deep from a pedigree prespective.