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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I would take Premium Tap - and perhaps even Lawyer Ron over Eddington, Borrego and Lion Heart.
And while I agree that the Smarty Jones who showed up in the Preakness would have probably beaten Bernardini in any career race - I think he's far from the most overrated horse in quite some time.

No one really ever exposed Bernardini - or beat him in a vert authentic fashion - atleast in my judgement, he had enough of a trip in the BC Classic to make that an inconclusive win for Invasor. Bernardini also has more than his fair share of detractors - though they all seemed to not reveal themselves until he finally lost...and did so in what might have been his career best effort.

I think Bernardini was on a road heading to being an all-time overrated horse - however, his very good loss in the Classic changed all that. He really got downgraded by a lot of people for a very good performance that was certainly no worse than any of his others.

You are absolutely right about Premium Tap. I forgot about him because I was just thinking about the races Bernardini won. As for Lawyer Ron, I think the 2006 version of Lawyer Ron...especially at 10f, was average at best.