Eclipse /Turf Male

[Gander]

I have to agree with Kevin here that you cant give it to a horse with only 1 grade 1 win when there are two horses who won multiple grade 1's and ran against top company like English Channel and Tin Man.

Now Tin Man caught a couple of weak fields and English Channel beat a bunch of packrats on Jockey Club Gold Cup Day, but they showed up and ran good every time.

Because of the Arlington Million, I have to give it to Tin Man, but I dont diss those who would give it to English Channel because of that extra Grade 1 he won.

We argued for weeks on how Tin Man stole the Arlington Million, but the fact is he showed up and was going to be hard to beat no matter what that day. He beat the best field in that race, even stronger than what showed up in the BC. I'm not buying that his win was "phony" or undeserving.