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[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by miraja2

Don't you think winning races like the Arkansas Derby and the Kentucky Derby despite having Elliot on your back requires a certain amount of greatness from a horse?

It takes a special talent for any horse to win with him....however the Arkansas Derby is hardly a career defining race and whether his legion of fans like it or not, the torrential rain prior to his Derby made that race moot. Lionheart was absolutely out of gas when they turned for home and still held second easily. The truth is that nobody ran a step that day.

Hey, losing to Birdstone was no disgrace. But, it was hardly the sign of a great horse.