3 year old filly Eclipse?

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

The BC is far from perfect but does anyone actually think we would have ever seen Bernardini, Invasor, and Lava Man face off a couple years ago if it wasn't for the BC? Bernardini would have been retired as HOY after the JCGC and all the Lava Man supporters would still be claiming he was best. Invasor would have gone on the shelf after the Whitney to rest up for his campaign in Dubai the following spring. If you have a top 3yo, and a top older horse on each coast they will find ways to duck each other without the BC, especially with all the superowners (and supertrainers) out there that will never run their horses against each other in anything but the BC.

Actually, back in the day, without the BC and with the Belmont Fall Championship meet being the lynchpin of the year, you might have seen those 3 horses hook up not only once, but possibly 3 times (in the Woodward, Marlboro Cup, and Jockey Club Gold Cup).

Then we might not have to speculate if Bernardini was truly a typical, gutless, overrated AP Indy.

We would have known for sure...with 3 straight, non-threatening 2nds.