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Originally Posted by King Glorious
No because I would never include Rombauer and good horse in the same sentence. I also am not all that big on Hot Rod Charlie, Mandaloun, or Midnight Bourbon. All nice horses but I don’t believe they are in the same league as Life is Good and Flightline. I don’t think Essential Quality was either. Hell, he lost to Medina’s Spirit twice and we saw how Life is Good toyed with him. Since I’m not in the camp that says the only way a horse can be considered good is if he excels at 10f and faces 20 horse fields and runs 15 times a year, I’m just going to be forced to believe that Life is Good and Flightline are good horses and if they only run 4-5 times this year, I’ll enjoy those 4-5 races much more than watching inferior horses run 10 times.
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Nobody is in the camp that "great" horses have to run 10f's and face 20 horse fields to be outstanding. There have been plenty of 7 horse fields that proved to be great. You can have a super field of 5—quality, not quantity. Nobody is suggesting Flight Risk, and Life is Good aren't very fast horses. They are very good. The point is you don't know enough about them to suggest they are great. Life is Good has been matched by an equally fast horse, albeit not one made for two turns. Flight Risk has been a show horse and has collected blue ribbons.