Half Bro to Smarty entered on 1/1/07

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I never warmed up to that horse. Probably because I was too stupid to like him and also because he had the most annoying following I have ever seen.

His absurd early retirement was the final nail in the coffin.

I thought his Preakness was very impressive however and any horse able to overcome Stewie Elliot as effectively as he did had to be pretty damn good.

excellent post, and point!

it's hard sometimes to like a horse when the adulation borders the ridiculous. or oversteps ridiculous and leaps to asinine. i think the worst tho was the adulation for rock hard ten. at least smarty had a ton of talent to go with his following, rather than just good looks and height.