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Originally Posted by Son of Greedo
Not a single one. If you aren't good enough to overcome the adversity of a given race, you're not a super horse, which by definition all TC winners become.
Agree that there are lesser and greater 3yo classes but to try and start comparing generations of 3yo's, is, I've always thought, a mugs game at best.
What I find interesting is the not so subtle dislike in the media, especially the horse media, for Big Brown, because his connections and trainer are not sympathetic figures like an 80 year old women or a salt of the earth grandfatherly type trainer.
It's not the horse's fault his owner is a noted drug cheat and it's not the horse's fault his owners want to turn him into a hedge fund. He just runs.
If BB was trained by Stutts and owned by Penny Chenery, Privman et all would be gushing over and over about what a "wonderful" story it all is and how the humans "deserve" such a great horse. As if that has any bearing whatsoever on Big Brown.
Dutrow ain't Lucien Lauren and IHEA aren't Penny Chenery. So what! Big Brown has a ton of talent, and now accomplishment which we can enjoy, regardless of his connections.
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I believe that with even below average rides both Smarty and especially the Bid would have easily won. Total butcher jobs. To me that's different than saying the horse just didn't have what it took.
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