Nehro, the runner-up, ran himself into serious Derby contender status.
A P Valentine, the Preakness and Belmont runner-up, ran a disappointing fourth in the Jim Dandy, and Zito decided Espinoza might not be fully recovered from a recent back injury.
It was not all peaches and cream for the Coolmore team as US Army Ranger, the Derby runner-up, ran below market expectations when fourth behind Success Day in the Royal Whip, his first run since Epsom.
Sizing Europe, a former winner and dual runner-up, ran well to finish fourth.
This was a Group Two event, but it was still possible to imagine both the winner and runner-up running well in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot in June.
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Aidan O'Brien said of the runner-up: "She ran a great race.
Jeff Gordon finished second, eight seconds behind, after the apparent runner-up Juan Pablo Montoya ran out of fuel within sight of the finish.
Up Late With Rylan, hosted by plutonium-toothed X-Factor runner-up Rylan ClaranNeal, ran four nights a week for a month at 11pm on Channel 5 earlier this year.
With fondness we remember the Turf's worst horses: Amrullah, a serial runner-up, who ran 74 times without winning but surrendered that record to Quixall Crossett, who reached 103 outings without passing the post in front and was described by the Racing Post as "a seriously slow maiden in danger of becoming a folk hero".
The headliner atop the Rose Bowl marquee is Stanford sophomore Christian McCaffrey, the Heisman Trophy runner-up who ran for 1,847 yards and eight touchdowns, caught a team-high 41 passes for 540 yards and four scores, averaged 38.9 yards per kickoff return and threw two touchdown passes.
