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01-07-2013, 04:37 AM
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The best Older Male (traditionally the top handicap dirt horse) was Fort Larned.
The best Turf Horse (traditionally the top handicap turf horse -- and generally the one that dominated the 9f-12f events) was Little Mike. The Horse of the Year (traditionally the horse whose season transcended all others) was Wise Dan. The system allows for that interpretation and the opportunity to acknowledge each. It's not that complicated.
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01-07-2013, 07:36 AM
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If you're going to assign a general handicap to these three horses based only on their turf races in 2012...
Wise Dan is the unquestionable high weight.  Point of Entry is unquestionably going to be rated 2nd in the weights. He was a 3/5 favorite against Little Mike in the Turf Classic on very demanding yielding ground. And he was a 2/1 favorite (VS 17/1 odds on Little Mike) when he faced him on the billiard table like turf course at Santa Anita and lost by just a half length, after beating him soundly in his prior start.  Little Mike had a little bit of trouble running his good race twice in a row, even though he was unable to win back-to-back races, he scored 3 very important Grade 1 wins and had a great season. 
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