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Originally Posted by Nostradamus
I saw his mediocre Haskell where that big time horse Praying For Cash got up for second. He will get thumped by 6 or 7 by Bernardini just like Barbaro did to him. He has been beaten by some very average horses in his career.
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I will agree that I think that Bernardini will crush the Travers field, but Bluegrass Cat's Haskell was not a mediocre race, and Bluegrass Cat is much more than a mediocre horse. He ran an outstanding race in the Haskell, and I think that he is a better horse now than he was at the Derby.
Bluegrass Cat got beat by Deputy Glitters in the Tampa Bay Derby because he lost a shoe. He got beat on that freaky Keeneland racecourse because Todd wanted him cranked for the Derby, and I don't quite think BCG liked the surface. He got beat by a great horse in Barbaro in the Derby. He got beat in the Belmont by a very good horse in Jazil because Jazil got a wonderful ride by Jara. Jazil is not just a medicre horse either and is in the upper tier of three year olds. I also don't think that a mile and a half is quite BCG's favorite distance. Really, I don't see where BCG has ever run a really bad race in his entire career. He is a very consistent and promising colt. So in my book, BCG got beat only by Barbaro and Jazil because he had legitimate excuses in the other races that he lost.