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![]() The last few years the "2nd season" has been very different than the first season in terms of who has succeeded. The Belmont is the last of the "first season" races, meaning the tri crown and all the tri crown preps.
The 2nd season is the Swaps, Dwyer, Jim Dandy, Haskell, Travers, and all of the races in the fall for 3 year olds and up. Who does everyone feel will emerge in the 2nd seaon as a leading 3yo? Heres a list of mine: 1) Bernadini - hes lightly raced and obviously posesses lots of talent. I think hes gonna be ferocious. 2) Showing Up- He showed me more talent in his Derby loss than he ever did in any of his wins. Rushed back on two weeks rest and a minor ailment, he attended the pace and made a strong middle move before running out of gas. Had never been further than a mile and a sixteenth before that and was rushing back quickly so to me, that was an awesome race. I know they said he was gonna point for grass, but at the time the owners had Barbaro still scheduled for the dirt races. Hes been freshened and should return like a tank. 3)AP Warrior- He showed flashes of extreme ability this year. Been freshened and will point for the California summer three year old races. Think hes going to be one of the top summer and fall three year olds. |