1.   After the colt finished a well-beaten second in the Preakness, Drysdale chose to bypass the Belmont Stakes, citing a minor injury to Fusaichi Pegasus.

2.   But the colt finished fourth in both the Jim Dandy and the Travers.

3.   Carl Nafzger, the trainer of Unshaded, is confident after seeing his colt finish third in the Jim Dandy.

4.   In eight races, the colt has not finished worse than second.

5.   When the colt finished behind Point Given in the last two legs of the Triple Crown, Zito believed he had a Travers Stakes contender.

6.   Even when the colt finished second in the Wood Memorial, Ward believed he would bounce back.

7.   In his last start, the colt finished last in the Santa Anita Derby.

8.   The huge chestnut colt finished fifth in the Kentucky Derby.