How Derby winners have performed in Preakness since '89

[Calzone Lord]

I'll post this chart again ... pay close attention to the horses who SKIPPED the Preakness and ran in the Belmont.

We had three horses in the years Kentucky Derby who closed more than 10 lengths and finished in the Superfecta. They are Orb, Golden Soul, and Revolutionary.

Since 1989, here's a list of all horses who closed 10 or more lengths to make the Derby Superfecta and run again in a triple crown race. The result of their next start is in parenthesis.


Dullahan (7th as 5/2 favorite in Belmont)

Went The Day Well (10th at 5/1 in Preakness)

Ice Box (9th in Belmont as the 9/5 favorite)

Make Music For Me (10th in Belmont at 12/1 odds)

Mine That Bird (2nd in Preakness at 6/1 odds)

Denis Of Cork (2nd in Belmont at 7/1 odds)

Street Sense (2nd in Preakness as 6/5 favorite)

I'mawildandcrazyguy (6th in Belmont at 9/1)

Giacomo (3rd in Preakness at 6/1)

Monarchos (6th in Preakness at 2/1 co-favorite)

Fusaichi Pegasus (2nd in Preakness at 1/5 favorite)

Impeachment (3rd in Preakness at 19/1)

Victory Gallop (2nd as 2/1 favorite)

Sea Hero (5th in the Preakness at 4/1)

Prairie Bayou (Won the Preakness as 2/1 favorite)

Strike The Gold (6th in the Preakness as 9/5 favorite)

Green Alligator (10th in the Belmont Stakes at 4/1 odds)

Unbridled (2nd in Preakness as the 8/5 favorite)

18-1-6-2 (8 beaten favorites)

Lone winner 2/1 favorite Prairie Bayou won Preakness over sprinter Cherokee Run and Robert Perez's El Bakan.

[Calzone Lord]

That would be six of them:

Dullahan (7th as 5/2 favorite in Belmont)
Ice Box (9th in Belmont as the 9/5 favorite)
Make Music For Me (10th in Belmont at 12/1 odds)
Denis Of Cork (2nd in Belmont at 7/1 odds)
I'mawildandcrazyguy (6th in Belmont at 9/1)
Green Alligator (10th in the Belmont Stakes at 4/1 odds)


Denis of Cork was the only who managed a top 5 finish ... he was a distant 2nd to D' Tara.

[tywizard]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

I'll post this chart again ... pay close attention to the horses who SKIPPED the Preakness and ran in the Belmont.

I'm waiting for your next analysis. Derby horses who closed 10+ lengths, ran a losing Preakness. How do they do in the Belmont?

Gotta think the n is very small there.