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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Bernardini wasn't a great horse....and frankly neither was Lamtarra. Both might have proven great but neither did on the racetrack.....and certainly not Bernardini.
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I won't argue Bernardini. We won't agree on that. But Lammtarra wasn't? I understand that his career was short but how much more brilliant could a horse be? It wasn't like he was winning allowance races either. Winning the Epsom Derby off a seven month layoff, in your second career start, in course record time.....that's a great horse. To follow that up with a King George win over Pentire (Irish Champion, King George winner) and Carnegie (the previous year's Arc winner) was icing on the cake. To follow that up with an Arc win over Freedom Cry (narrowly beaten in the BC Turf) and Swain (two time King George winner, Irish Champion, Coronation Cup) was the final stamp needed. He was winning world class races against world class horses. That he only ran four times was too bad for us but shouldn't be held against him.
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