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Originally Posted by SentToStud
He didn't look great but then again how good could he have looked against that crew, especially when the only colt with any chance to beat him ran the worst of all?
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AGS didn't look anywhere near good IMO -- regardless of the field he was in against. As said by another poster, he could have looked good no matter who he was in against. Individually he didn't look good.
Let me preface this with the fact that I wasn't an AGS fan. However, I was looking for this colt to show me something in the Dwyer. By way of background, forgetting that this was his first start back since the Derby, I wanted to see something. Was this colt going to move/go forward, or was he going to just kind of be where he was. Top tier colt or face in the crowd? Anyway, I liked what I saw. Now, you talk about the Haskell, what was that all about? This colt stepped forward big time. Talk all you want about the race being set up for him, and so on. I am talking about this colt getting stronger, his stride, and he moved forward off the Dwyer.
Be that as it may, yesterday, he didn't look at ease. He didn't look settled, comfortable, and his stride didn't look anywhere near as good as it looked in the Haskell or the Dwyer (forget about the time). He won. He was supposed to win -- period. I just don't think he looked good at all doing what he did.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to own a barn full of this horse, and I've never owned one who showed up to the dances that he's shown up for. But this is not about jealousy or ego either.
Eric