Thank you very much for your great insight! :rolleyes:

Nobody's comparing Sun King to Saint Liam. I'm pretty certain I was comparing training up to the Breeders Cup last year vs. training up to the Breeders Cup this year. I don't think that's an invalid comparison.

No,he does not.I wish they had a B.C. race at a mile or 7f on dirt.He would have an excellent shot at that.

Pletcher trains half the older horses in the civilized world, but he runs no one. Where is the logic? I know he is quoted as saying that if something were to go wrong in the Bernardini camp in the days before the race, he would consider it, but really. I do not remember Slew keeping anyone away, when trainers had guts.

Slew ran against four other horses in the JCGC.

They were Affirmed, Life's Hope(Affirmed's rabbit), and the victor Exceller. I was trying to make the point that Bernie's immortal grandfather was running when trainers ran their horses no matter who showed up for the race. I am the biggest Slew fan of all-time. I think that field came up short because it had TWO superstars in it. The Marlboro and the Woodward in that year were more normal in size, from what I remember. I was there and I am getting old!

there was another loser like Sun King and PD, I forgot his name. Horses who run 2nd and 3rd against anyone from Jungle Prince to Secretariat

since zito originally planned to train up to the cup with sun king, i think he made the right decision to stay with that plan. you don't suddenly throw a horse who has been on a certain training regimen into a grade one that you weren't readying him for.