Who Did the Derby Gods Frown On The Most and Why

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Originally Posted by tiggerv

Union Rags had 9F to recover and only needed a 102 Beyer to win with plenty of pace in front of him. As far as the Belmont, Dixie Union doesn't exactly scream 12F to me.

Yeah. People forget that Giacomo got sawed off at the start and had to deal with a lot of early bumping in the Kentucky Derby the year that he won.

Bird Town's romping win at 18/1 was a better example because she actually had a lot of speed and would have been very forward with a clean start and no trouble...

However, Giacomo get sawed off at the start and Smith needing to grab him only assured that he would be further back.

I don't believe Mine That Bird had any early trouble at all. He just flat out walked through the early stages.