Raspe's Munchausen became a sensation, establishing a literary exemplar of a bombastic liar or exaggerator. Exaggerator, who had won the Santa Anita Derby. Preakness Stakes winner Exaggerator finished eleventh. The brothers next teamed up with another colt, Exaggerator. Exaggerator, who had started well back in 15th place, closed fast at the end. On October 10, 2016 it was announced that Exaggerator had been retired from racing. After the race Clark commented that Exaggerator "showed some real class for a baby". During his racing career Exaggerator was trained by J. Keith Desormeaux. When Desormeaux finally asked for his run, Exaggerator had no response. Exaggerator won the race, while 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist finished third. Exaggerator was installed as the 9/5 morning line favorite with thirteen entries. Exaggerator did not respond when asked to run in the homestretch and finished eleventh.