[quote=King Glorious]

The point I was making was to try to illustrate that this it not that good a group this year. There is consistency and there is the fact that last year's top 2yo's have been this year's best 3yo's. That's nice to see but it shouldn't cloud the fact that while they are consistent and evenly matched, they are below par for what should be considered a good crop.[quote]

HOw do we know they are below par? THese Beyer numbers are subjective adn they are a little bit self fulfilling if my undestanding of how they are arrived at is correct?

Until you come up with objective criterion to evaluate the absolute quality of a given crop there is no evidence of this.

I certainly agree this years crop is evenly matched to a large degree, what I dont agree is how we can be so sure this crop is below average.

Dont we have anythign objective? Final times, beaten lengths? Something?