Disagree strongly. He could have checked hard a couple times and still caught Hard Spun, his only real competition in THAT race. WHy doesn't FuPeg get that "lucky" tag ? he was far more fortunate in his Derby -- he had horses jumping out of his way and he was out in middle of track for most part. Borel was lucky, Desormaux rode a highly skilled perfect ride?? Not from what I saw. Borel timed that perfectly and SS had the motor to pull it off. What adversity are we talking about Slew? Like when Grasshopper hooked him in Travers? Who won that btw...
Curlin didn't contest hm so much as he nosed him at the wire. That has alot to do with fact that horse and rider thought they won Prknss once passed Crln and HS -- CB should slapped him one more time- would have held on for win.
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