|
If the new normal is that no really good male with breeding value races for more than a few races before retirement, then fans will have to live with that. But if that's the case, I would caution people to just not elevate 4 race wonders into the pantheon of greatness. These horses may be fast, but they just aren't doing what horses in the past did.
Personally, if I had a vote, I wouldn't vote American Pharaoh into the Hall of Fame. I would, however, vote Beholder, California Chrome, and Game on Dude in. Even though AP was a better horse than any of them, he just didn't have enough races and they had long careers. And if Justify runs once more in the BC Classic and then retires (as is looking more and more likely), I wouldn't vote him in either.
|
