Circular Quay

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

For what it's worth, I don't particularly disagree with this in general, but the horse being discussed with the 99 Beyer, Soaring By, did not earn his figure in " free-running fashion ". He broke a tad slow, was not rushed, and made a nice closing move to win off fairly easily. I have no real opinion of his future one way or another, and as always we need to see more races, but it wasn't one of those fast front running victories that often prove unreliable.

No, it actually was the most impressive 2yr old race this spring, which is why it makes me laugh when Oracle says CQ is the greatest 2yr old he has seen in 10yrs and that no 2yr old will beat him this year. Soaring By is a better horse right now, but anything can happen with 2yr olds.