The true test of how good and tough an athlete is sometimes has to do more with playing through pain and injuries than raw ability.

Dixon's raw ability and frightening speed made him a potential hero for the ages.

Servis said the two horses share the trait of raw ability, but little else.

It's frustrating when someone has that much raw ability.

Attributes represent the raw ability of a character in a certain area.

His ceiling might be a little higher than Derek's in terms of raw ability.

But, to talk raw ability, he beat both of them at 2.

But he'd also been chosen because of his raw ability.

Think about it; this is his first year, so he is going off raw ability.

The key to this Derby, where the leading contenders seem quite close together in raw ability, could be the early pace.