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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
Your view may depend partially on whose figures you are looking at or if you are looking at figures at all.
On the merits, I can see why most people think Omaha Beach is the better horse. He's been faster. We just aren't 100% sure how much faster.
However, if you don't use figures at all you could easily conclude they are very close.
Omaha Beach was life and death to beat Game Winner by getting the best of the bob.
Roadster beat Game Winner by 1/2 length.
In both instances Game Winner spotted his opponent a lot of ground loss, but both races were on days where a lot of horses were running very well in those outside paths. Unless you think Game Winner's form varied a lot, they are probably fairly close.
You can argue that Roadster is more lightly raced and was more highly regarded than Game Winner last year. So there's still a lot of upside.
You can also argue that even though that's true, he may not be seasoned enough for the Derby yet even if he ultimately winds up being the better horse.
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Mike worked both horses, he was higher on Roadster last summer. But those are only works and you cant measure a horse just on works.
I think Roadsters real future may be on turf, he has that acceleration that is more like a turf horse.
