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Originally Posted by Danzig188
also finding it hard to root for showing up these days....hysterical fanaticism for this horse from certain circles. of course that isn't the horses fault.
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I have not quite reached that point yet with Showing Up....but I know what you mean. Overblown fanaticism can turn you off a horse. Just remember that he can't possibly win an eclipse award for best 3yo or HOY even if he wins today by 10 lengths, wins the rest of his races this year up to the BC by 10 lengths, and then wins the BC Turf by 15 lengths in world record time. Why wouldn't he win those awards if he did all that? Well I am not really sure, but people on this board already gave Bernardini those awards after he defeated the mighty Sunriver, so I guess Showing Up would be SOL.
SU did look mighty good in his first trip on the turf. To me this race is a "bet small or skip altogether" race. SU looked too good his one time on the grass for me to try to beat him, but Go Between and Primary are quality horses and I wouldn't be shocked if they beat him here. I like the other two races more.