Yeah, and he's already blemished one of their stallions resume and looks determined to do it again.

I don't think he's out to get his brothers, they just all happen to want to win the same races.......

I don't think he's out to get his brothers, I just think he's not willing to back down for their prized stallions to improve their resume. If he wants to run somewhere he will regardless of whether it means taking on Bernardini or Discreet Cat.

I just hope the real Invasor shows up this time, not the one that lost to Testimony and Flemme De Passion last time. Yeah, if two out of three made it back to the states it would be pretty awesome.

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You guys, its the beginning of March, go have a few beers and resume this conversation after the summer. HOY in March, come on.

BTW, I am a big Corinthian backer, I saw both his races at gulfstream last year and both this year on track. He has a habit of getting out late in his races. Hesanoldsalt and AP Arrow are no Invasors. I saw Invasor in his race at Gulfsteam and stood and applauded, I didnot do so for Corinthian although I was very pleased he did well. That said, Corinthian is no Invasor. ;)

Only way Corinthian is HOY is if they dont let any of the horses out of Dubai!!!!

At least 4 or 5 horses racing over there are better than him

i dont know about that

I like Corinthian as well but lets face it, he just turned the tables on the horse that beat him by open lengths last summer, Hesanoldsalt. His wins this season, while good have come over horses that NO ONE is considering HOY/Eclipse Award types, as of now.
I hope he stays sound and improves and gets to face Invasor and DC. Both those two came back from Dubai very well last year and are thus proven travelers. As much as I'd like to see him back, I fear we may have seen the last of Premium Tap. I followed him from his 2yo season and was thrilled to see him finally live up to my expectations.

Agree w/ Linny. Corinthian looked good but if 'Salt had been able to push through inside a little better at the 5/16 pole, we'd be talking about how Corinthian got beat by a decent but not outstanding horse. For whatever reason when they were three across 'Salt didn't really push through. Maybe the horse didn't like being pinned in there or the rider got cute. All I know is they were dead even then Corinthian put two lengths on 'Salt by the 1/4 pole and 'Salt just couldn't get there. Another foot or two out of Hesanoldsalt and there'd perhaps be a thread titled, "Corinthian Exposed." But Corinthian did look good and no reason he can't improve through the year.

im banking on him improving, he is a lightly raced 4yr old that can still improve, in my original post on this thread i talked about how i think he still can improve alot

i think he needs more seasoning. He is too lightly raced to take on the real big horses. definately tons of raw talent though.

i couldnt have said it better, tons of raw talent, thats what i see when i watch this horse, a horse that could be great if he can put it all together

I wonder if Darley is looking at him as more than their competition. He has a magnificent pedigree to go with that talent. I do not think Centennial would sell, but everyone is human.