Too Good Too Early
Afleet Alex, the two-year-old 4-for-4 after winning Saratoga’s Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes, won’t be a Kentucky Derby contender, despite the exceptional ability he’s shown to date, writes Bill Finley: “Come the first Saturday in May, 2005, you can rest assured that Afleet Alex will not duplicate Smarty Jones’ Kentucky Derby victory. That’s not necessarily a knock on the horse. It’s just that he’ll be attempting to do something that horses just can’t seem to do anymore. You can’t be at your best in mid-August and still at your best in early May.” (ESPN)
