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Originally Posted by Spalding No!
The only time Maxfield was ever underrated was as a 2yo based on his odds in his two starts.
Afterwards, he started higher than 2-1 odds only one time (2.10-1 to be exact) and he lost that race.
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When I said he was underrated, I wasn’t talking about the general public. That’s who tended to overrate him a bit. I was taking about handicappers that were constantly trying to beat him since fairly early in his career as if he was some kind of overhyped dud. IMO he was a very good horse and that was pretty clear early on. There were spots to take a shot against him (and I did), but he wasn’t a horse I looked forward to betting against. My point was that he was somewhere between the hype and anti-hype. I didn’t bet on or against him yesterday. I thought he was better than MB, but at 6/5 I didn’t want either of them given MB had the clear tactical advantage. I thought he ran quite well yesterday.
