apologies - obviously it\'s only interesting if the horses HAD been in the $$:
There was a great post here last year before the Derby on the # of horses who had regressed by more than one point in the race prior to the Derby that HAD been in the money. There were 5, just one winner.
I also had looked back at the sire indexes and from these two data sets - based on the fact of what it appears needs to be run to win (without disclosing any data that may still be purchased:
Derby ex and tri box: Vicar, General, Medal, Wicked. Intense Holiday and Hopper bottom only.
Original post from LY (don\'t remember author):
here is the data based on horses backing up more than 1 pt in the race prior to the derby:
yr, # of horses, finished in the money
2011, 4, 0
2010, 4, 0
2009, 4, 0
2008, 5, 1, denis of cork 3rd
2007, 4, 0
2006, 7, 1, bluegrass cat 2nd
2005, 1, 0
2004, 5, 2, smarty jones 1st, imperialism 3rd
2003, 3, 0
2002, 3, 0
2001, 4, 1, monarchos 1st
2000, 3, 0
1999, 4, 0
1998, 3, 0
1997, 1, 0