There is no doubt about this. And it really is not efficient for most horses to run that way. He was very uncomfortable in the first part of that race being on the inside. And his back end went wide on the turn home and he still prevailed easily. The horse is a very tough animal. Thats what I like. I actually dont care all that much if he only does this in Cali, the grit the horse has shown is to be admired.

I dont know how many times people just seem to look at pure talent and never really get down to the nuts and bolts ... and that is how badly does the horse want to run and win. Bernadini has not come close to facing this most valuable test. Of course I am partial to old claimers that dont give up even though they are lengths behind the leader. They will find some other horse in their range and try and put it to them. That has to be admired, and if there is a genetic component to this behavior, I dont know why people dont look for horses that show this trait and breed them more often.