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Originally Posted by moodwalker
He was beat fair and square that day. The connections knew the Belmont was 1 1/2 miles, and he was beaten because there was a better horse at that distance on that particular day. End of story in my opinion.
Birdstone beat him.
Regardless of what Rock Hard Ten or Eddington did in the race.
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I don't want to start another thread about this race (we have had plenty) but I just want to say that I agree with you 100%. I know it is popular to say that Bailey is the one who beat Smarty that day, but I do not see it that way at all. I am a big fan of Smarty, but at 12f on a dry track, Birdstone was in my opinion, the better horse. At 10f or less, or on an off-track, SJ was clearly better. If it had rained that day like it was supposed to they were going to scratch Birdstone and SJ would have won it.
People who say that Bailey should have let an odds-on favorite cruise loose on the lead without pressure....well that just doesn't make sense to me.
Anyway, I don't want to start the whole argument again....it was just nice to hear someone agree with me on this.....because I don't think many do.