Quote:
|
Originally Posted by King Glorious
U are better than that Andy. U know that u can't compare how many lengths one horse beats another with how another does against that same horse and use that as conclusive proof of which one is better. And to say why not Sabre Baby? Maybe because Sabre Baby has never even been in the money in a stakes race and has career earnings of just over $300k while Silver Tree has won four times, placed four times and showed twice in graded stakes, has won over a third of his career races, been in the money in 67% of his career races and has earned just under $1.5 million. On second thought, those two are a very good comparison. I bow to u again.
|
I actually completely disagree with you and think the comparison of Becrux is very legitimate. Becrux is a fairly consistent and proven horse. Crossing the Line beat him by less than a length and Shakespeare dusted him ( in a race Becrux won last year ). I place a great emphasis on level of competition when analyzing turf horses. God knows I don't use speed figures for turf races.
Obviously I know that Silver Tree is better than Sabre Baby ( and was only using him as an example because I mocked him earlier this summer at Siro's ). However, obviously you don't know how far from Shakespeare Silver Tree is. If you think a perfect trip win over Drum Major places him anywhere close to the upper echelon of turf horses then you are out of your mind. Silver Tree has proven conclusively over his career that while he's an admirable horse he is nothing special whatsoever.