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Originally Posted by AskinHaskin
Yeah, maybe because Omaha was the only TC winner coming off of a loss when entering the Belmont. Omaha was 1-for-his-last-9 when entered on Derby day, and that win was as a heavy favorite in some allowance race.
Omaha's 3yo campaign was more brief than Justify's 2018 campaign.
Not only that, but the Triple Crown was of minimal importance at the time, and it is hardly comparable to today.
And there's also the reality that Justify never lost, unlike Accelerate.
Everybody thought that Zenyatta would win HOY immediately after she won the Classic, and then reality set in once the sheen wore off.
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The Zenyatta / RA thing was produced by the unbalanced electorate, dominated by eastern writers. New York types HATED Zenyatta. They never liked the BC back there, they hated synthetics, and they loved that Jackson refused to run his horse in the BC after winning the Woodward, a race that used to be really important.
That vote was their chance to posture against the BC, synthetics, and California, and they did.
This is very different.
