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Well, he has been running and winning all year. The question is where - and except for his last race it has been in allowance company.

Sprinters compete in this race all the time. They do not win. The winners are typically decent route horses like Discreet Cat, Stay Thirsty, Tonalist, Maximum Security, etc.

How would Flightline do here, though shipping cross country for the first time and stepping up into G1 competition for the first time? Probably similar to Nashville.

Since 2019 at least when you had 3 G1 winners, the eventual 3 year old champion, the Breeders Cup Dirt Mile winner and the following year's Cigar Mile winner.

I would tend to agree since if he wins three of his 5 wins are in allowance company. One feather in his cap would be a winning record which is more than can be said for your choice for champion three year old. Lol

Hoping Upstart gets a stakes win here in the Remsen.

Hoping Pink Lloyd follows Maxfield with a win in his swan song, but his nemesis Souper Stonehenge is in the race. 😮

You act as if running third is a bad thing. Lol And you are right - he has been in 9 races this year, the last 6 G1s. But performance wise he is not a cut below. A 107 BSF is among the best of not just his generation, but the top horses running this year and he did it twice. In the Haskell Stakes he was cut off by Hot Rod Charlie and is lucky to be alive if not for his athleticism. In the Travers Stakes he finished within a half length of the winner. And in the Pennsylvania Derby he was pushed wide by the eventual winner and knocked off stride just he was about to make his run. So, in only two of his last 4 races did he really get a chance to run. In two others he was interfered with.

Ask Easygoer. It's his post I responded to. And you did tell me to just wait for the results when I suggested Midnight Bourbon had something to prove.

Including writers.