I seek to take nothing away from Justify and his triple crown. But isn’t it possible to consider he did not beat much? . The time of the race was pedestrian and was over after 50 yards. With the exception of Gronkowski and what passed for a close, nobody ran a lick. A simple reading of the chart supports this assertion,i.e, Gronkowski “lumbered his way out of the starting gate”, Hofburg “rallied well enough to secure the show “,:Vino Rossi “ inched his way into the two path by end of backstretch”.I could continue but the preceding quotes are a fair representation of the race. Patterns and numbers meant nothing and I would be surprised if every single horse in the race except Gronkowski did not back up substantially. The egg cream bet I am prepared to make is that not a single horse in the race other than Justify and maybe Hofburg, ever runs to their previous top or wins a Grade One.