[jjotto]

Oh, yeah. Records aren’t everything, beyond a certain level.

Insiders will take it into account should the rabble be successful at cheapening the Triple Crown by making it more ‘fair’.

In retrospect, for example, the last Triple Crown winner, Affirmed, wasn’t considered as desirable as or make as much money as first runner-up Alydar.

[Nepeta]

In retrospect, for example, the last Triple Crown winner, Affirmed, wasn’t considered as desirable as or make as much money as first runner-up Alydar.

Only after Alydar proved to be a wonderful sire. His progeny made him more valuable, but Affirmed was not a bad sire: his son Peteski won the Canadian Triple Crown.