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Originally Posted by Gander
Go easy on Bernardini. What exactly has he done wrong? He ran a very good
2nd to Invasor (a very good horse in his own right) in the BC Classic.
People act like he ran as bad as Lava Man. Who knows what would have happened if JJ had made that move 10-15 seconds later?
Discreet Cat has looked like a machine but lets face it, hasnt he had one cupcake trip after another against short, not so super fields? Silver Train and Badge of Silver are credible animals but no superstars.
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I know it. He ran a solid second for Christ sakes ( sorry) . When he made that monster of a move on the final turn to take the lead, I am willing to bet there wasn't a person in America watching that thought, Yup race over, done deal.
Was he the second coming of Secretariet, NO, is he a paper champion NO. The only major race he bypassed was the Belmont He ran in all the other major races for Three yr olds and destroyed what was thrown at him. Every great horse horse has a few losses next to his/her name. So he didn't win one race this year. A race he came in second to a much overlooked horse that has quite the resume himself.
The true sad part about this is we will never know how great Bernie could have been.