Avies Copy, a longshot third in the 1987 Derby, was also coming out of the Blue Grass; On the Line took the field as far as he could, which was just about the quarter pole, before dropping back. If I recall, No More Flowers also came out of the Derby Trial that year.

1987 may be the last year that a horse ran in all three classics and the Met Mile in between. Gulch failed to hit the board in the classics, but did win the Met.