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

Originally Posted by Kasept

John..

Except that they were all carrying on the outrageous success of the Raise a Native line in the race..

But they weren't fashionable and proven to have sired a classic winner, until they did. LOL!!
My question to those experts when they start citing their statistical data always would be something like "Yeah but has Elusive Quality ever sired a horse as fast as SJ is?" or "Yeah, but has Northern Afleet ever sired a horse as good as AA is?" Blank stares usually follow, as if you have disrupted their world of stats and numbers with an impossibility too mind numbing to grasp.