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Originally Posted by King Glorious
The WE I was referring to was the same group that she put us all into when she called us they nay-sayers.
But u know exactly what I'm talking about. WE lament the losses of horses like Bernardini and Birdstone and other top horses that are grade one winners that retire early when sound and the horses that trainers keep out of races and only run them 3-5 times a year even though they are healthy because they are trying to protect their value. Can u honestly say that Super Frolic is at that kind of level?
Again, I have no issue with how anyone feels about this horse or them being saddened by his loss or the loss of any other horse. I'm just saying that this horse did not represent what we are talking about when we say we lament the ways of old.
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Personally, I place a horse like Super Frolic above early-retired 3 yo's in terms of earning my admiration. There is surely something to be said for running a small number of brilliant races and going off to stud. There is also something to be said for a solid G2/G3 horse that runs at 3,4,5 and 6. I do not consider Bernardini a great horse, not at all. He won a couple G 1's and got beat pretty good in the BC. Birdstone got a couple G1's and was gone.
It's not as if the "top class" horses you mention make one forget about Forego.