I keep hearing comments about how the FOY exposed First Sam's distance limitations. One of the few patterns that I truly believe in that has been tested over time is the bounce off a hard race off a layoff. FS was fried by chasing one of the few horses faster than him (Keyed Entry) and set a life-time top off the lay-off in his last race. If that's not a set-up tp bounce, I don't know what is?
The fact that FS was able to come on again while being fouled twice in the stretch indicates it wasn't a distance problem. Of course, he may not be a stayer after all, but the FOY was hardly the definitive test of that.

Bob