[Exceller]

Originally Posted by Pointg5

Why is everyone so hung up on breeding?

Once they hit the track it means very little. Was everyone drueling over Afleet Alex's breeding in his 2yo year, no, but he worked out pretty well. I guess what I am trying to say is this whole breeding thing, makes me a little crazy, because it's not like at the 1/8th pole they stop the race and say "well I am by so and so, so I should win." I don't get why about this time of year, everyone checks the breeding of what some of these trainers are holding and deems them Triple Crown Prospects, that may be, but let's get them on the track. That is 10 times more insane than what Oracle is saying, at least this horse showed he could win. I don't care if CQ was by a $5k Claimer, when I finally got home and watched the race last night, I thought it was impressive, I liked the way he was going at the end.

Breeding is everything if you are talking KY Derby prospect. So many of these 2yr olds are bred for speed that won't make it past 8F but can win in these shorter races.