I understand why the original poster said what he/she said, it was true if you doubted this horse, there were tons of people calling you a hater. There were quotes of "my god, he's here the horse we have all been waiting for, he's here" and if you didn't drink the Kool-Aid you were an idiot. The arrogance that some put up here of how easily win the Classic was unreal and I think most of you paid for it, that's alright, there's something to learn from that. I thought he'd win, I gave him a 75% chance of winning, but I wasn't about to claim he was an all time great. He's very good, probably below Silver Charm, Tiznow, etc. but very good. He should win 3yo of the year, because of what he accomplished, but no one can honestly say that he would have beaten Barbaro more than 5 out of 10 times if they faced each other...I still say what I said earlier, he's one of the luckiest horses that I can think of in a long time, he won the Preakness, because of tragedy and the others were over the top, his Jim Dandy was a joke, and he beat a 3 legged horse in the Travers, I can't fault his JCGC, but it was a small field, but that's not his fault. I thought he was the most likely to win and thought he was talented, but also thought Invasior and Lava Man had a shot, so I was rewarded for not drinking the Bernardiniaid.
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