[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

She just wasn’t brilliant the one time they ran against Swiss Skydiver.

I’m giving you a hard time but if Nashville doesn’t cut it due to resume how does Gamine get it over Swiss Skydiver in your eyes?

Ones resume was much better than the other

If Nashville were to win the Malibu, it would give him one grade one win and one graded stakes win. I could believe he's the best horse but that's just not enough if I feel like Gamine is right there with him and she has a much better resume than him.

When it comes to her against Swiss Skydiver, I do concede that Swiss Skydiver has the better resume but not by much. SS has won two G1 races. Gamine has three. While the Preakness might be the single biggest race on either resume, I don't think it was the best on either. I think the single best effort was by Gamine in the BC and the second was by Gamine in the Acorn and the third was by Gamine in the Test. It can be argued that in Swiss' two biggest tests, she lost (Oaks and Distaff). An on the board finish in the Distaff might have been enough for me to put her on top but that didn't happen due to her horrible start. I just feel like Gamine > Swiss on talent is bigger than Swiss > Gamine on resume. I wouldn't have any issue with anyone voting for Swiss as top 3yo filly. I have zero issue with anyone voting Authentic or Monomoy Girl as HOY. I don't think any of them would be an injustice. I just feel like Gamine was the most brilliant horse I've seen this year and she has the resume to compete with the other top contenders.