Colonel John

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I agree with you that if they are both in the gate in the Classic, Big brown and Curlin will probably have the most credentials coming in. I say probably because at this point we don't know who is coming over from Europe. But, I agree with them that both are vulnerable considering the surface, it's the equalizer.

As the meadowlands Cup showed us tonight, some horses prefer a certain surface over others and both BB and Curlin haven't run a race over the synthetic. So, from a betting standpoint, it's tough to take too short a price on either on the win end. I would think any pick 3 or 4 would want to be covered by at least one of them though.

At least we have a hint in that both horses have shown the ability to handle the turf. I wonder if their respective sire stats suggest synthetic ability (is anyone keeping track of this yet?).