Who was closer to the Triple Crown...Smarty or Alex?

[Antitrust32]

errr... I am still bitter against Bailey for that ride.

I was driving a friend to the airport this past Wednesday and he got a call from Mr Jerry Bailey while in my car. After he hung up I said, "I dont like Jerry and I will never like him after that ride in the Belmont causing Smarty Jones to lose the triple crown. He thought I was nuts for still being bitter, but I am from the PHILLY area and I will always be bitter... whether the Eagles or Smarty Jones...

Anywayz, both Smarty and Afleet Alex were the class of their triple crown division in their respective years. I would have been happy to have seen them both as TC winners, and I cant differenciate between one or the other because they both had bad trips on the races they lost an probably would both be TC winners if otherwise.

[Danzig]

well, smarty ran a game second in his tc loss, while alex was third in his....also, alex wasn't 'ganged up on' while smarty was...and then of course smarty won the biggest of the three. i think smarty was the better horse, never an off day in his two year (and too short) career.