Rank the best 3 year olds of this decade

[Gander]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i don't think you can make a list of top 3 yo's and then leave off tiznow. well, i guess you can, since it just happened.
and i don't think bernies preakness was better than barbaros derby. and how can curlin be on there, but not street sense? only a head bob gave curlin the second leg, while street sense romped in the first. of course curlin won the bcc, but it was the same group of three year olds, and no older horses to speak of....
obviously, can only have ten on there. also hard to include big brown, since it's only august. also, regarding big brown...i think his florida derby was more impressive than the kentucky.

I disagree. I thought Big Brown looked much better in the KY Derby. He beat better horses and looked more imposing. And what more does Big brown need to do? His resume is awesome, regardless of what happens. He won the 2 races Curlin lost.
I thought about Street Sense, but he lost 3 of his last 4 races. The one he won (Travers), he was all out to beat Grasshopper, a horse who has been very mediocre (and I am being nice) since then.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Gander

I disagree. I thought Big Brown looked much better in the KY Derby. He beat better horses and looked more imposing. And what more does Big brown need to do? His resume is awesome, regardless of what happens. He won the 2 races Curlin lost.
I thought about Street Sense, but he lost 3 of his last 4 races. The one he won (Travers), he was all out to beat Grasshopper, a horse who has been very mediocre (and I am being nice) since then.

perhaps at years' end you would find he should be higher...personally, i would not put him above bernardini-altho that one faced suspect company, much like big brown, his second to invasor was an excellent race, and helped show his easy win after easy win vs other 3 yo's was no fluke.

as for street sense, one of those races he lost was on poly, never as good a surface for him as dirt. i also thought his tampa bay derby was excellent. but very true about grasshopper! perhaps GH was last years coal play...

also, i think any 3 yo who defeated older should be given more respect than a horse who hasn't.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

How 'bout dat Superwoman named Lethal Heat? She's my favorite 3 year old of the decade. She may not be the best, but she's an assassin(with attitude.)