Alm, one need go no further than Monba for me to make my point. He is out of an Easy Goer mare. No doubt, this horse likes the Poly.
One of the top Poly sires anywhere is Unbridled Jet, out of Unbridled, by an Easy Goer Mare named Easy Summer.
I'd have zero hesitation in playing a debut maiden with that bloodlines on Poly assuming the horse had good conformation and the connections had a decent percentage in debut maidens.
If its not hard for handicappers to imagine that Empire Maker would be a top flight horse because he was out of the mare Toussad, why would it be difficult to add that same significance to a proven Poly producer?
People just took for granted that Empire Maker would be good, and he was.
I'm just throwing it out there. Nobody has to accept it.