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Originally Posted by VOL JACK
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Originally Posted by miraja2
Obviously everyone is entitled to enjoy whichever aspects of this sport they choose to enjoy, but I can't understand your logic exactly. Just to be clear, are you really saying that Housebuster's entire 3yo campaign (which included something like 7 or 8 graded stakes victories, and a second in the Met Mile behind Criminal Type and in front of Easy Goer) was meaningless? Holy Bull winning the Met Mile in '94 was meaningless? Or even a couple of performances a few years ago from colts like Henny Hughes or Discreet Cat? I could go on and on.
By your logic here it seems that races like the Met Mile, the Vosburgh, the Kings Bishop, the Riva Ridge, and a host of others are simply meaningless for you. Everyone gets to decide for themselves what races interest them, and each individual obviously has a specific type of racing that interests them most, but I think discounting all 3yo racing under 9f as meaningless means you are missing out on appreciating some really good races and some really good horses.
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"Almost meaningless" was a poor choice of words. Horses like Housebuster deserve credit. He repeatedly proved himself to be a top sprinter/miler. I just don't rank Housebuster's 3yo campaign as highly as Unbridled's.
I enjoyed watching Henny Hughes and Discreet Cat... I just don't rank them in the same class as Bernardini or Barbaro.
If Housebuster had won the Breeder's Cup Classic in 1990, I would have to at least strongly consider it as the best race of his 3yo campaign even if it wasn't as brilliant as his Jerome or King's Bishop.