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Justify

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The Resume

    (March 28, 2015- )
    Sire: Scat Daddy
    Dam: Stage Magic
    Owners: WinStar Farm (Majority Owner), China Horse Club, Head of Plains Partners, Starlight Racing
    Trainer: Bob Baffert
    Jockey: Mike E. Smith
    2018 Triple Crown Winner
    Career earnings: $3,798,000

Why he might be annoying:

    A September 2019 report from 'The New York Times' found that he failed a drug test for scopolamine after winning the 2018 Santa Anita Derby.
    The excessive amount detected in the feed suggested that it was used as a performance enhancer and was not simply a feed contaminant.
    Baffert denied that he intentionally gave the banned substance to Justify or any of his previous horses.
    Some observers believed that the tactics of jockey Florent Geroux aboard rival horse Restoring Hope helped seal Justify's Belmont Stakes win
    To elaborate, Restoring Hope broke slowly from the starting gate but quickly headed for the lead in between horses, cutting in front of fellow horse Noble Indy and drifting wide entering the first turn.
    Restoring Hope then veered left, pushing Bravazo towards the rail. This supposedly gave cover for Justify to safely win the Belmont Stakes race.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is a descendant of English Triple Crown winner Nijinsky.
    He is the first horse to win the American Triple Crown not as a two-year old.
    He is also the second Triple Crown winner to go undefeated since Seattle Slew.
    Two of his Triple Crown victories came from races under rainy weather.
    Justify's Triple Crown victory was the second for owner Baffert in four years (the first one was American Pharoah in 2015).
    At age 52, his jockey Mike E. Smith was the oldest person to earn the Triple Crown.

Credit: Birdienest81


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 136 Votes: 44.85% Annoying