Re: Materiality (775 Views)
Posted by:
covelj70 (IP Logged)
Date: April 14, 2015 02:56PM
Fairmount, I just went back and looked
There were 7 horses in the Gemologist Derby that had run faster than Gemologist had coming into the race.
Not picking on you or anything b/c I think this proves the whole point about Pletcher and the Derby.
Conventional wisdom is that Gemologist was the horse to beat that year.
No one who uses the TGs should have considered the horse won of the main contenders let alone the horse to beat
the fact that you cited him as a horse that was a) the fastest and b) had the pedigree is case in point that most of the ones that people cite as examples of Pletcher disappointing in the Derby aren't good examples at all.
again, really not trying to trying to pick on anyone bc I had others text me "gemologist" after my post