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Originally Posted by GMB@BP
not a good looking field at all compared to the last two years.
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How is this crop, almost all of whom are lining up, not as good as the last two years? You just said that Good Magic was going to destroy Accelerate and Diversify in the BCC, and that this crop of 3yos was head and shoulders better than this year's older division.
Surely this crop is at least as good as last year's crop, who've struggled to win another race, including West Coast? Surely Good Magic is better than West Coast?
Don't even think about those slugs Gunrunner and Arrogate.
You have the 2yo champ, the slayer of Bolt and Solomini and Flameaway and Bravazzo, consistently running 88, 99, 98, 96, 97 (and carrying 118 lbs last out! 118! Ta Wee should hang her head in shame). Bravazzo, who almost ended the TC by running 97. Tenfold, who bested the 2yo champ, and stunned the world with a 93, despite running like a drunken sailor. Vino Rosso who likes to go on walk abouts for half the race, but still guts out a 3rd or 4th. Wonder Gadot, a Canadian. And the 2nd best filly. It's not like they are that tin can Mendelssohn, who couldn't even win a G3 carrying a measly 124lbs chasing 1:33 and change after setting 1:09 and change and earning a 97, clearly out of his league against this crop. He had a walk in the park pace-wise. Gronkowski, 2nd time Lasix, the automatic toss for the derby, son of a sire who throws only sprinters, who ran half a 12f race and still fell short.
Well, it is true that Hofburg won't be there, nor Promises Fulfilled, the second coming of Hard Spun, so I guess in retrospect I can see your point.
