I thought Pharoah was way more impressive in the belmont. Justify preakness run i thought was top notch was able to hold on after good magic gave him all he had.
Because the drought magnified APs run...
Hype, coverage, crowd etc was more into it because its been 30+ years since we had a triple crown winner...
Justify is a more impressive horse imo, that Preakness run cemented that...
Few thought he'd be able to win the Belmont after that grueling Preakness...
He didn't just win the Belmont, did it wire-to-wire and his jockey didn't even ask him to go till they were in the stretch...I have never seen a more effortless wire-to-wire finish at the Belmont which is notoriously grueling...
the record also speaks for itself...
Justify first 6 races all 1st place finishes...
AP had a 2nd place finish in his second race...