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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
I didn't mean any of it in a bad way. Raising people's ire while inciting a discussion is a good thing.
I don't really agree.....as the good Commentator, so to speak, didn't show up. Believe me, I have problems with both Curlin ( this year ) and Big Brown, but each ran races better than anything Einstein ran. Big Brown's Florida Derby and KY Derby easily eclipsed anything Einstein did, and they were BIG races, and Curlin's Dubai World Cup, Woodward and Jockey Club were all better races. Frankly, I'm not sure any race Einstein ran on the turf compared particularly favorably to his second in the Man o War. Maybe his 2nd at Keeneland to the perfect trip fraud Kip Deville.
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See, I agree with you that both of them ran better races than Einstein's best race. I agree on Curlin's Dubai race but I think the Woodward and JCGC were mediocre. The Foster was better for me and he just so happened to toy with Einstein in that race. Curlin's grass race may have been better than all of Einstein's races too although if pressed, I'd probably go with Einstein at Keeneland as well. For these reasons, Curlin would be placed higher on my ballot than Einstein would be. So would Big Brown. So would Zenyatta. So would Raven's Pass, who would get my top vote. Commentator also would have been placed ahead of him until last weekend.
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