Sir Greeley has run 19 times and the highest level he's ever won at is grade three. He's been out of the money in nine of his 19 starts.
Strong Contender has run seven times and has won twice at the grade two level. He's never been out of the money in his life.
With Sir Greeley, u know what u are going to get. Strong Contender clearly has more upside potential. That is not to say that he will REACH that potential but it's there. What is pretty safe to assume is that Sir Greeley won't win a grade one. It's doubtful that he'll even win a grade two. Strong Contender may not win a grade one either. But I'd say that the chances of it happening are significantly better than they are for Sir Greeley. Personally, I think he's twice the horse that Sir Greeley is. I can easily see a scenario this year where Invasor and Discreet Cat are on the sidelines after running in Dubai and the door is left open for some horses that otherwise might not have won some big races to do so. Sort of like what happened a couple of years ago when that sorry nag who's name escapes me won the Pimlico Special in the slop but was otherwise, a second rate horse. Eddington is his name.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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