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Originally Posted by cj
This is the subjective part. There are no guidelines sent with the ballot. One person sees the Triple Crown as JV quality, others see it as the pinnacle of the sport. I'm somewhat torn on my vote. But the more I look at the quality of the competition Accelerate beat, including in the Classic, I think he might be fool's gold. The only horse he beat all year that was G1 quality in my opinion was City of Light, and that one was in a race much too far for that horse.
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That's kind of where I am also.
The people that are in favor of Accelerate getting it are building their case partly on the fact that they think the 3yo crop was so weak. IMO, it was weak But so was the older male division that Accelerate had such a great year in. The best horse he faced was probably City of Light and they split. West Coast is not the same horse he was. Dr Door, Pavel, Mubtaahij, Gunnevera etc... are not high level Grade 1 competition imo.
