Underrated / Overrated

[my miss storm cat]

Okay we're at the halfway point of the year (oh shut up, I know what month it is ).

The most underrated horse of the past 6 months was.....

The most overrated?

Fill in the blanks.

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Okay we're at the halfway point of the year (oh shut up, I know what month it is ).

The most underrated horse of the past 6 months was.....

The most overrated?

Fill in the blanks.

This is likely to turn into another one of "those" threads. The answer to the question(s) you ask depend on who is overrating or underrating any given horse.

Commentary aside Goldikova may be the most underrated (or underappreciated) and 85 in a 50 the most overrated.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

In order to be underrated or overrated ... one must have a set of some entities ratings to base their judgement on.

[hockey2315]

Blame is the most overrated.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Blame is the most overrated.

He's logical ... but have you actually heard what people have been saying about Zenyatta?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

By the way ... of all the things posters and those in the press are notorious for sucking at the most ... it is how they go about forming their idiotic judgements on who they say is overrated and who they say is underrated.

There's a very simple method for doing this the correct way.

You look at each division as its own entity ... you isolate the divisions who are both strongest and weakest in terms of depth and quality in relation to years and years past within that same division.

To find the most overrated horse ... you're simply looking for the horse with the most impressive set of credentials earned without showing the expected quality of performance befitting of a horse with those credential and earned without facing the expected quality of opponet befitting a horse of its repute and credentials.

To the find the most underrated horse ... you're simply looking for an impressive horse without impressive credentials because they've faced historically strong divisional competition which has alllowed them to become overshaddowed.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

Blame is the most overrated.

Based on what? Who in this Country is 100% better then him right now? At best you could name 3 horses, and thats even pushing it.... How is he not the clear cut second best older male in training, and if he came along a year earlier he would have won the Older Male title last year, you cant tell me he would not have crushed Bullsbay, and Macho Again on a regular basis. Nevermind... He did beat up on them, as a 3yr old.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Based on what? Who in this Country is 100% better then him right now? At best you could name 3 horses, and thats even pushing it.... How is he not the clear cut second best older male in training, and if he came along a year earlier he would have won the Older Male title last year, you cant tell me he would not have crushed Bullsbay, and Macho Again on a regular basis. Nevermind... He did beat up on them, as a 3yr old.

See Dougie's post on finding overrated horses.

[RockHardTen1985]

I think Left Bank is a bit underrated....You dont hear much about him, but his last 2 career races were pretty big. He also won the Met Mile and was a champion. How many horses win the Met, Tom Fool and Whitney? How many horses run 120 plus beyers going 7f and 9f?

[KirisClown]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

I think Left Bank is a bit underrated....You dont hear much about him, but his last 2 career races were pretty big. He also won the Met Mile and was a champion. How many horses win the Met, Tom Fool and Whitney? How many horses run 120 plus beyers going 7f and 9f?

He won the Cigar, not the Met Mile..

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by KirisClown

He won the Cigar, not the Met Mile..

Sorry... I was looking at his pp's in the Champions book, I thought it was the Met. Still pretty impressive though, IMO

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Sorry... I was looking at his pp's in the Champions book, I thought it was the Met. Still pretty impressive though, IMO

Love that book...I got the revised edition and look back through it all the time.