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Originally Posted by RolloTomasi
Expand on why you think Smarty Jones was more talented than Ghostzapper.
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I thought that Smarty was every bit as fast as GZ was. The race he ran as 2yo when he got that 105 Beyer was very good, his Rebel was called one of the fastest preps ever, and his Preakness was as good as anyone and better than most. A significant thing (at least to me) was said by Bobby Frankel when he said how Smarty was doing all that while running schedule that was forced on him while he was able to train GZ the way he wanted and was able to have him at peak each time. I think that gave GZ a big advantage. Maybe he doesn't look as brilliant if he's got to come back in two weeks after a top performance. Anyway, it's just the way I saw it back then. I remember after the Preakness, there were quite few people mentioning Smarty's name with Bid and Secretariat. Frankel was one of them.
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