Curlin's Legacy

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Originally Posted by hrfan

so he is def. better then Hard Spun, Street Sense and Rags To Riches ? Or is it the fact that they retired and he continues to beat up on weak competition like many ppl on this site have said. I will stick to the best horse he has beat this year is Well Armed. What is that really saying ?

i think they were all nice horses in there own right that 3 year old year from the list you mention.

i would only put rags above him maybe not just because of the belmont win but her other impressive wins and thats a maybe.

i have to think that hard spun and street sense if given the chance to go into thier 4 year old year, they might have declined also as curlin might be right now also. could they have survived the trip to dubai and come back as well as curlin has .to continue to win-maybe but not against curlin i don't think.
i do believe this bunch in the classic is at its all time low for quality in competition for him to race against-big advantage

i believe he can only race with whats out there and he would fit in fine with some of the other horses thru the years.

sometimes horses step up to thier competition and curlin if he had to could have picked it up against some of the others.

mind you i still think ghostzapper was the best of this decade.

and if commentator could have stayed healthy could have had a more stellar record then he has, and i think he has been very impressive thruout his career.
these 2 where very versatile

but i thinking is he is a very good horse as i said could have stepped up if need be but thats just my opinion