Some Saturday Beyer Figures

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

I think more of what Danzig was referring to was a situation like with Lawyer Ron last year. At this point in 2007 LR was just an allowance winner and most were dubious about his ability to step up and win bigger races. He proved that he was a quality older horse, winning the Oaklawn Handicap, Whitney, and Woodward en route to an Eclipse Award. Someone like that could definitely surface, as you insinuated in your post.

NT

yeah, something like that. and lawyer ron made a splash in a big way, not just winning a prestigious race, but beating the clock in the process.
now, whether he faced top notch competition, or whether he was the best of what's left....he won the race, he ran in it, and others chose not to-you can only beat who shows up. kudos to him and the man he was named for, else he'd have been at stonewall!