Horse of the Year prediction thread

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Yes. But, Close Hatches' resume will be tremendous with wins in the Spinster and Distaff.

I will say that if a longshot wins the BCC, and Close Hatches and Wise Dan both win out, there's no question in my mind she is far more deserving than him.

There is no way Wise Dan can win right, his record this year is well...........kinda weak.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

There is no way Wise Dan can win right, his record this year is well...........kinda weak.

I dont think he can win. I dont care if he wins his next two starts.
With Kingman out now the Mile looks soft anyway, unless there is another Euro monster that I dont know about. I guess if they ran Wise Dan in the Classic and he won, that would be a different story.

[King Glorious]

Shared Belief on both accounts.

[Bogey]

It's Shared Belief's to lose at this point, but Tonalist has an outside shot.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Bogey

It's Shared Belief's to lose at this point, but Tonalist has an outside shot.

How is it not Bayern, Shared Belief, Tonalist or Chromes to lose?? If any of them win the Classic they should be HOY.

[Indian Charlie]

Bayern ain't winning the classic, and even if he miraculously did, it would still be a stretch for him to win HOY.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Yes. But, Close Hatches' resume will be tremendous with wins in the Spinster and Distaff.

I will say that if a longshot wins the BCC, and Close Hatches and Wise Dan both win out, there's no question in my mind she is far more deserving than him.

I would love to see Wise Dan win it for a third time but yeah I do agree. Don't think it's going to happen.

Gotta say I'm a little baffled by some of the Shared Belief comments. Don't get me wrong, he is amazing, but I don't see how he is more deserving than say California Chrome.

4 wins from 4 starts, including one allowance race, the Los Al Derby and sure... 2 G1s wins. All were at Cali tracks.

Compare this to CC...7 starts, 5 wins of which 3 were G1s... ran at Churchill, Belmont, Parx, Pimlico and at home... how is SB more deserving?

Maybe it's me...

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Bayern ain't winning the classic, and even if he miraculously did, it would still be a stretch for him to win HOY.

I agree that he is a very unlikely winner of the BC Classic, but if he were to wire the Classic he is a lock for HOY.

[Bogey]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

How is it not Bayern, Shared Belief, Tonalist or Chromes to lose?? If any of them win the Classic they should be HOY.

I would be stunned if Bayern pulled it off in the Classic and California Chrome is going the wrong way in my opinion.

I guess you think Trade Storm is chop liver?