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Originally Posted by dilanesp
It's worth noting that some if these accolades ("winner", "graded stakes placed") are consistent with mediocrity, and a number of these horses were indeed mediocre.
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Not sure if you followed properly. These were not meant to be accolades, but rather simple summaries of post-Triple Crown careers. If I listed Go and Go (IRE)'s win in an allowance race as a 4yo it wasn't meant to validate his Belmont victory. That said, Go and Go (IRE) I believe registered the highest Beyer Speed Figure (109) for a 2yo since their inception when he won the Laurel Futurity over another BSF stalwart named Robyn Dancer.
So, while his latter career can be called "mediocre" I would suggest that the horse had much more talent than what was actually realized, perhaps hampered by physical issues or mismanagement.
At any rate, only the bolded horses were Grade 1 winners after the Triple Crown.
