Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Hilarious, Buffy. I'm going to make a guess that Bernardini doesn't hit the board at all. I say 4th or 5th... :eek: Here is my prediction:

Perfect Drift
Invasor
Lava Man
Sun King
Bernardini

HAHA :D

Originally Posted by Buffymommy

I like him too. I really think that this year he is beginning to figure this racing thing out. He has been improving in every race. He will be in my tris because he tries hard everytime. IMO, he will be in one of the top three spots at the finish line.

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

I would personally like to see her in the mile again because she was so close last year (3rd; lost by a length), and she didn't have the best of trips. Love this mare. With that being said, Aragorn sure is nice too.

Originally Posted by eurobounce

If the field for Classic is what I think it is going to be then I love Sun King in this race. He is really the only horse who can make a strong middle move. Churchill plays right into his running style. I will be in Louisville the week of the BC and I will report back on how Sun King is doing.

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

How does that make sense? So Silver Train won the BC Sprint at 6 furlongs and then went and won the Met Mile at 8 furlongs. By your logic if those two extra furlongs weren't an issue then he should have no problem adding two more furlongs and going a mile and a quarter.

It is pretty easy to justify that she is best at a mile since that is where her trainer, who knows way more about her than any of us, thinks she is best.

Originally Posted by Buffymommy

OHHH Lava Man MAY get my third place in the tri too. I say Sun King above Invasor though. I like Bernardini. He has won his races very easily, but there is just something that keeps me from falling head over heels for this horse. OH yeah, Barbaro. A wall comes up because of Bernardini's win in the Preakness. I think of that day as a dark one and I can't get past it. I think if Bernardini had not run in the Preakness I may be more on his bandwagon. Call me crazy...

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I'm kind of on the same boat, but I think my problem with Bernardini is his connections (which surely isn't his fault) and to be completely honest, I don't like the way he looks. LOL literally.

Originally Posted by Cunningham Racing

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No sir, your wrong there....the differnece between a mile and 1 1/4 miles is the TWO TURNS MORE THAN ANYTHING....Could Silver Train get a mile anywhere other than a place like Belmont, AQU, CD or ARL where it is a ONE TURN race?...I doubt it....But, could Silver Train get 1 1/4 miles if there were such thing as a one turn 10-furlong race, who knows...maybe...

What people don't undertstand about stamina is that most of the time it has to do with having the ability to negotiiate the second turn rather than the distance....your exapmle was dead horrible and I'm really shocked you used it...

Originally Posted by Pointg5

You don't like how he looks? You must need glasses, how can you say that about the greatest race horse of all time?:D

Originally Posted by Pointg5

You don't like how he looks? You must need glasses, how can you say that about the greatest race horse of all time?:D

Originally Posted by Buffymommy

HUH? Now I think he is a nice horse, but the greatest of all time? HUH? Maybe you need glasses or have you just been following racing since the Preakness? Don't dub him that yet. Let him prove it first. :p

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

There's something about his eyes I don't like... LOL He looks likes a fruit loop, but like I said, that's just my stupid opinion and obviously it holds no merit for how fast he can run. :D

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I think he was kidding, Buffy. LMAO :D

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I think he was kidding, Buffy. LMAO :D

Originally Posted by eurobounce

If the field for Classic is what I think it is going to be then I love Sun King in this race. He is really the only horse who can make a strong middle move. Churchill plays right into his running style. I will be in Louisville the week of the BC and I will report back on how Sun King is doing.

Originally Posted by Pointg5

That's funny, Buffy always telling people to be nice, then she cracks on me, lol...Keep it up Buffy, I love when people crack on each other, even if it's me being cracked on....

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Bernardini is the most amazing and intelligent looking animal I have ever laid eyes on. I was seriously wow'ed everytime I saw him at Saratoga. He knows he is King of the Land. :)

Originally Posted by Hwjb

RATINGS:
Ouija Board 125
Alexandrova 123+
Gorella 122

I feel that the BCFMT is the race where the Euros are strongest.

Ouija Board has been campaigned with greater regularity than in previous seasons, but runs with credit race in race out. The 11f trip will prove ideal, she is amenable as regards her positioning through a race, and is a certainty to finish in the first 3: I'd put my life on that!

Alexandrova could scarcely have been more impressive in winning the Epsom/Irish/Yorkshire Oaks, seemingly well within herself. She relaxes well during her races and has a lethal turn of foot. She is a league apart amongst 3yo fillies (and the 3 4yos she faced at York).

Gorella switches off so well during her races that I imagine that she probably will prove effective over 11f, and her ability to quicken so well make her a formidable opponent in any company. However with even the slightest doubt over stamina the two fillies listed above will take advantage. I get the impression the Mile is shaping up into the less competitive race, and that may be the one they should aim for.