Yes I do use them. These horses, like last years crop (which also stunk by the way) run fast as 2 and 3 year olds for a race or two, maybe three. Good horses keep running fast races throughout their career.
Last really good crop was that of 1987. The Crop from 1997 was pretty good. Other than that, names like Secretariat, Buckpasser, Dr Fager, Personal Ensign,Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Alysheba conjur up the image of a great horse. None of this years crop will ever be compared to those, since there is no comparison, thats why this crop stinks.
However, they will load 20 horses into the gate for the Kentucky Derby. These are the best we have now, so when I look at the field, I do not see much to beat. You have 2 mutliple grade 1 winners in the field (both having a win at 9f), and they each have only 2 G1 wins. Johannesburg has one and the rest couldn't qualify to win any recent derby using that criteria.
Harlans Holiday- can't see an offspring of Harlan winning at 10f. Haven't seen the TG figs for all yet, so i reserve the right to change my mind, but I don't really see anything in there including HH, Johannesburg or Saarland scaring me off Came Home. Now if Came Home were running against great horses, he'd be a throw out as well.
Came Home will get my bet, but I won't tap out and won't be surprised if he gets beat, just dissappointed.

MO