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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Of these five horses, I actually belive Barbaro may have slightly been the worst of them on dirt. However, Barbaro was so freakish on turf, that he very likely would have won this years Breeders Cup turf, and probably could have gone down as all-time great on that surface, if never tried on dirt.
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i know you are probably aiming this ludicrious comment at me mr wopS, but that's just too ridiculous to let pass by.
barbaro was only getting better as he got more experience running on the main track. while yeah, he was obviously an all time great (would have been) on turf, he was only making his 4th start on dirt in the derby, which as you know, is the first time he ever ran (turf or dirt) completely professionally and without any stretch goofyness. maybe in his first or second dirt race, he wouldnt have beaten smarty in the derby, but by the time he had put together his derby race, he'd have slaughtered at least afleet alex and smarty, and most definitely would have beaten bernardini.
how's emily?