Best in Show is also in the pedigree of Ten Most Wanted, and he earned a better figure than Empire Maker in their Belmont.

Yeah, I know. Silver Charm\'s post has her winning at a mile and a quarter.

When did she win at 10 furlongs? Going into the Derby I was wondering why Mott hadn\'t run her at 10 furlongs (Alabama).

Tacitus is from the same female family as Belmont winners Rags to Riches, Jazil(and Close Hatches has two strains of Best in Show, third dam of those 2) -- and Birdstone. Close Hatches also has Belmont winner Empire Maker\'s dam (Toussaud) and, through Tapit, 2009 Belmont winner Summer Bird\'s third dam, Ruby Slippers.

Does anyone know why Mott skipped the Alabama with Close Hatches?

Yeah, but he\'s a maiden and even with the 126-pound break in the weights he still didn\'t finish first -- possibly some serious part of the herd instinct there.

My memory said Pulpit debuted with a triple digit BSF and I found this at The Philadelpia Inquirer when looking it up:

\"In the 25-year history of the Beyer Speed Figures being published, out of hundreds of thousands of horses, Justify is only the 18th  to begin his career with three consecutive triple-digit figures and just the second in that group to run in the Derby.

\"In 1997, Pulpit came to the Derby with five straight triple-digit numbers. He got a 105 Beyer in the Derby, a number that could win some years, but not that year. Silver Charm, Captain Bodgit and Free House, part of a spectacular 3-year-old class, finished 1-2-3, with Pulpit fourth.\"

https://www.philly.com/philly/sports/justify-kentucky-derby-bob-baffert-experience-beyer-speed-figure-american-pharoah-20180502.html

Maybe the reciprocation will be Justify providing a like service for West Coast.

Gold Cup/Belmont

1/16
2/277
3/95
4/39
5/395
6/213
7/80
8/52
9/215
10/136

I pulled these from the probable payout tab on the NYRA Bets site, the will pays aren\'t there. These should be the same or close enough.

NY/MET

1/59
2/78
3/140
4/115
5/128
6/232
7/892
8/137
9/362
10/64
11/83

More bet to place and show on Hofburg than Justify.

Not 45 years, either. Check the time of the 1988 winner, Granacus.

http://www.keeneland.com/liveracing/historydetail.asp?PID=7

According to Tom Durkin\'s call of the \'97 Travers, Deputy Commander pressed Twin Spires and Affirmed Success through fractions of :23 1/5 and :47 1/5. The final time was 2:04 or so, with Behrens and Deputy Commander together through the final furlong pulling away from Awesome Again.

http://www.nyra.com/saratoga/travers2002/video.asp#