Mo,
The TG archives for the Belmont go back to 92 so I'm not positive but STG had to run a better figure than Hansel. He broke from post 11 and had to be 7-8 wide in the far turn. You say he didn't have the best fig in the Derby and that he lost to a better horse in the Belmont, you can't have it both ways.STG had better figures than Hansel in 2 of the 3 TC races.

I was at TP for Hansel's Beam win. The track was scraped to next to nothing.Track record(s) were SMASHED. They never ran close to that fast before or after that day. It's no wonder Hansel ran so poor in the Derby, he had to be sore from that track.

Hansel was a great horse as was STG.