Since the inception of the points system, the results of each horse that placed in their final prep:
2012
Creative Cause 5th
Hansen 9th
Alpha 12th
2013
Normandy Invasion 4th
Mylute 5th
Palace Malice 12th
Itsmyluckyday 15th
FracDaddy 16th
2014
Saamrat 5th
RideonCurlin 7th
MedalCount 8th
Intense Holiday 12th
WildcatRed 18th
2015
DanzigMoon 5th
FarRight 15th
Tencendur 17th
Upstart 18th
2016
SuddenBreakingNews 5th
Mor Spirit 10th
Mymansam 11th
tomsReady 12th
TrojanNation 16th
Majesto 18th
2017
BattleofMidaway 3rd
PracticalJoke 5th
Patch 14th
State of Honor 19th
2018
Hofburg 7th
LoneSailor 8th
Bolt D\'oro 12th
Flameaway 13th
Enticed 14th
The only new tops were recorded by Mylute and Battle of Midway.
so every horse that came in 2nd in their final derby prep, none ever ran 1st or 2nd, that\'s unbelievable, 0-32
It looks like only one was a Baffert trainee (Mor Spirit).
He has two that \"qualify\" this year, both appear to moving forward and at better odds due to their recent loses. Very few names on that list stood out as horses I really expected to run well.
As a side note, Lucky Dan placed in the 3rd race at Riverside Park that day:
The Riverside Park Jockey Club operated from 1928 to 1937 and was popularly called “Pendergast Track†after its patron, big city boss Tom Pendergast (although Pendergast was not officially on its organization papers). The horse racing track was on the site of a former dog racing track.[7] The track operated under a questionable legal basis. The site was supplanted by an automobile race track, which closed in the 1990s.
There is certainly no honor among thieves!