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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
He beat Saint Liam in The Whitney. Other than that, he's done next to nothing relevant in his career besides post a bunch of big speed figures under perfect circumstances.
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While you're entitled to your opinion, my guess is you haven't looked at his career pps in quite some time, and are acting as though these performances mean absolutely nothing. These " big speed figures under perfect circumstances " aren't completely random and are much higher than many horses routinely being lauded as signs of greatness in many lesser recent horses.
In his third career start he ran a 106 Beyer. In just his fourth career start he won the Perryville at Keeneland, earning a 107 Beyer fig, by seven lengths over Eurosilver and Wegalia. In his fifth career start he won by eight lengths at Churchill and earned a 112 Beyer Fig. Before winning the Whitney ( the only thing apparently, that kept him from being a total slug ) he earned a 121 Beyer fig at Belmont off almost a six month layoff. Despite a career filled with injuries and layoffs he has compiled a record of ten wins in sixteen starts.
Suggesting he has done " next to nothing " aside from the Whitney is to ignore the awesome talent that he has displayed on more than one or two occasions. I understand, and don't totally disagree, that he has shown a relative inability to overcome even the slightest adversity. I am not defending him against these charges. But to turn that into a flipside of " next to nothing " is to either ignore his complete record, or worse, to talk without even fully knowing it.