Who was the last Derby winner that lost by 6 lengths in March?

Giacomo

not sure-but not all derby winners were always a star. look at real quiet, funny cide, thunder gulch, charismatic for example. by the same token, consider horses such as pyro-this time last year, he was all the talk.

Superstar hype? I must have missed this. I saw a few people suggesting he could be a nice one, but I didn't see any superstar hype.

Think of the intent. I Want Revenge has west coast connections, so he ran on synthetic by default. Pioneerof the Nile has east coast connections, and for some strange reason, they never tried him on dirt out here. I don't think IWR's performance today should change any opinions of POTN.

Not sure how that's relevant when a horse freaks like IWR did today.

:rolleyes:

Again, he had a lot going against him today and he certainly wasn't disgraced. I hope this is the prevailing sentiment going into the Wood, maybe I can get a good price on him.

The fact that POTN beat IWR doesn't change your opinion of POTN? To me, it legitimizes POTN a bit and makes the "Will he handle dirt?" question a bit more intriguing.

Imperial Council had shown a fair amount of early speed previously, it appeared they were trying something new today by sitting last in a pedestrian half. Possibly a great idea for the future, not so for the present.

It makes the question a bit more intriguing, if you don't have it answered already. I think I do.

NT

I think there is no connection whatsoever.

Why should it legitimize him any? If IWR had lost to POTN on turf, then did what he did today, would you be elevating POTN at all for the Derby?

Why don't you just go to his stable and blow him?

i disagree that it legitimizes potn-just because i want revenge handled dirt that does not indicate POTN will do the same, or at the same level of ability that he has shown on synthetic. what are the odds that several west coasters will all be able to translate to the real thing?

Were you inspired this time?

I didn't say that. I said the fact that I Want Revenge handled the dirt has no impact on my questions regarding Pioneerof The Nile.

Do I really have a radical argument here?

You all are missing my point. I'm not endorsing POTN at all. Not one bit. I too think he's a turf horse, but regardless, the fact he beat IWR who then came back to win today helps legitimate POTN's ability to a certain extent. What extent is that? Who knows. Time will tell.

The derby winner is not coming out of that race. That doesn't mean that a few of the participants couldn't make waves in other big races.

Fine, but that's not what you said. You said IWR's win makes the "Will POTN handle dirt question" more intriguing.

No you don't, and I just clarified what I was trying to say above.

I'm not correlating between both liking the synthetic surface and both translating it to dirt, but rather that if POTN were to handle the dirt, which honestly we can guess and handicap one way or the other, but if he were to handle it, the fact he beat IWR and that IWR came back to win today, shows that POTN does have some ability.

It's basic potential key race handicapping, nothing more, nothing less.

... we're kinda talking in circles but I meant it as if he does handle the dirt, he could be really good. But again, that's a big if on the dirt point.

not necessarily. POTN has the edge on syns-what that has to do with judging either horses ability on dirt i don't know. POTN might still manhandle IWR on dirt, or he might be in the back of the pack-or somewhere in between. they would have to square off on the real deal to get an accurate read on them.

I know of no one who has ever argued otherwise, unless we're talking dirt vs. turf/synthetic.