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Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay
Afleet Alex...injured after winning two grade I's. Could have been one of the best.
Barbaro...injured after winning the Derby undefeated. Could have been one of the best.
Bernardini...winning everything easily. Will become one of the best if he is not injured.
Lawyer Ron...I never said he was a superhorse. I just said that he was potentially one. I thought he would develop a little more quickly than he did. He was still a very immature looking colt when he ran in the Derby, and has a lot of growing left to do. He is working really good again after his surgery. The jury is still out on him.
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What if Bernardini never races again, it's not out of the question and I certainly hope we get to see him run again, but would he be all of these things after winning a marred Preakness and beating a horse making his 3rd life time start with very little pressure...
Would you still consider him great? I sure wouldn't. I love the horse and hope he does go on to be a great, but to proclaim him that now is foolish and ego driven, because everyone loves to say I told you so...Funny how all of these "I told you so's" were not boasting of some prediction they made before the Preakness...
I truly believe Bellamy Road is one of the best horses I have ever seen, but I can't prove it based on his record....