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Originally Posted by IrishofNDMan
the competition was nothing, just Nobiz, adore the gold, stormello, chelokee, notional. No big deal, they are nothing.
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I don't recall saying those fields were "nothing". I simply questioned the quality of them vis-a-vis all that's out there right now including Street Sense, Any Given Saturday (my top 2), Hard Spun, Great Hunter, Circular Quay, etc. Nobiz, IMO, is the only bona fide Derby-quality steed of those you mention. Adore the Gold and Stormello are simply very good colts who have distance limitations. Same thing with Notional. He's third string in O'Neill's contingent. Chelokee's claim to fame to date was overcoming a tough trip to beat a good allowance bunch and may not even make the Derby because of a lack of graded earnings. (Jury is still out on him, however.)