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Originally Posted by slotdirt
Bernardini will never be as popular as Cigar even in the American horse racing world for a variety of reasons. First, he won't win 16 races in a row. Second, again, he's owned by a Sheikh. I realize Sheikh "mo" as some like to call him is practically American, but still, it's not like the Chapmans or Sackatoga or the Cash is King gang. Those three horses I just mentioned are probably the three most popular horses among the general public in the last ten years, and it was 100 percent because the average joe could probably identify with the underdog story.
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I think it could be different this time. Bernardini is potentially capable of accomplishing more than Smarty Jones, Funny Cide, or Afleet Alex. He is being compared to the greatest of all-time; that is premature, but it could be the case. He reminds me of Spectacular Bid. I never thought that about the other horses just mentioned . In my mind, he is from another place and could be truly great. True, this is just my opinion, but I have not felt this way about a horse since The Bid.