I don't think anyone's writing off an obviously talented horse, but I've seen comments to the effect that MB is as good as the best (or better than) the best 3 year olds, he should be Travers favorite, etc....That is simply premature (very premature, actually) at this point. For one thing, Bernardini is out there. IMO, he is far more talented than his peers and is one of most talented horses, period, in the country. Plus, he's proven himself -let's not forget what he did in the Preakness (only 4th start, none around two turns, etc......). His Withers was tremendous, but no one knew really how good he was before the Preakness (could he even class up to the better 3 year olds?) so if I had said then that he was a top 3 year old, that would have been premature. Same thing with MB.
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