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Old 12-27-2022, 12:00 PM
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Default 2022 Champion 3yr old

Who deserves it more?
Epicenter
OR
Taiba
Pick one.
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Old 12-27-2022, 12:49 PM
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Resume, maybe Taiba.
Talent, maybe Epicenter.
Who I'd pick in a race over both of them? Charge It.
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Old 12-27-2022, 01:36 PM
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Who I'd pick in a race over both of them? Charge It.
You should have picked Rich Strike when all 3 of those faced each other; woulda made a ton of cash...
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Old 12-27-2022, 01:56 PM
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Epicenter easy.
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Old 12-27-2022, 02:47 PM
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Not so easy.
Taiba. Runs in 5 str8 grade 1 races
Wins 3, loses 1 by a head
Epicenter wins 1 grade 1. Several grade 2's

Hands down Taiba 3yr old Champion.
Kind of like Karma,
Medina Spirit should have been champion last year.
Same owner and trainer..
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Old 12-28-2022, 09:04 AM
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Hands down Baffrets horse he trains to win grade 1 races
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Old 01-06-2023, 09:21 AM
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Not so easy.
Taiba. Runs in 5 str8 grade 1 races
Wins 3, loses 1 by a head
Epicenter wins 1 grade 1. Several grade 2's

Hands down Taiba 3yr old Champion.
Kind of like Karma,
Medina Spirit should have been champion last year.
Same owner and trainer..
Relying on the grade of the race as your only argument is silly. If you want to make a case for Taiba over Epicenter, you should let us know who he beat — which he did beat some solid horses this year.

Does anyone believe that Taiba’s “Grade 1” win in the Santa Anita derby, for example, was a better accomplishment than any of Epicenter’s Grade 2 wins or even Grade 1 place finishes?
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