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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
There weren't any great sprinters last year. LITF may not be an all-time great sprinter. I'm sure he could not beat Ghostazapper, Speighstown, Lit De Justice, or several others. LITF may not be that great of a sprinter, but last year I think he was the best sprinter. Who else was there? We really didn't have any consistent Grade I or Grade II sprinters. That is why the first three finishers in the BC Sprint were Silver Train, Taste of Paradise, and Lion Tamer. Who did Silver Train ever beat? Who ran 2nd in the BC Sprint? Taste of Paradise. He hadn't won a race all year. He was 0 for 6. Not only did he have no wins, he didn't even have and 2nds. Then he stepped up and won the Vosburgh at 27-1 and then ran 2nd in the BC Sprint. Taste of Paradise consistently showed all year that he couldn't even win a Grade II or Grade III. How did he win the Vosburgh? He won for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that the race did not play like a Grade I. Tiger Heart ran 2nd. Tiger Heart had never even placed in a graded race before.
You guys are just too caught up with the grade of the race. There were really no true Grade I horses last year. LITF had a much better record than anyone else last year. If you didn't give him the eclispe for best sprinter, you would have had to given it to Silver Train. People couldn't give it to Silver Train because his record was simply inferior to LITF. Both horses had pretty much run against 3 yer olds all year, but LITF was running against the best 3 year olds and he kept winning. ST was losing to medicore 3 year old. They weren't going to give the award to ST off the one big win. The rest of his year was just not good enough.
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So what are you saying? That he was a deserving champion? There may not have been a "worthy" champion last year and LITF may have been the best of a bad lot. But does that mean he still wasnt overrated?
You said earlier in this thread that you wont "judge him when he doesnt fire" but when do you judge him if that is the case? When he is dancing past overmatched garbage?
Let me give you what i have heard over the last couple of months and tell me what you think:
Sept 05- he doesnt need to go to belmont for a prep. Nah...he just needs to stay home and collect a check and not tire himself out before the big dance. This is one of the best sprinters of all time.
Oct 05- (after bc loss) he just wasnt himself today. It just wasnt him. I mean- look who beat him. Those horses arent any good and it proves that he just wasnt right. Too much travel.
April 06- He doesnt need to go to gulfstream for the richter scale or Aqueduct for the carter. For the first time out, lets just give him an easy preop.
May 06- (after loss) The layoff and the weight took its toll. It wasnt the real foggy. You will see next time.
June 06- (after aristides win) That was the real fog today. It didnt matter what he beat, he beat what dared to load against him.
July 06- (after loss in smile) He didnt show up today. Nope- he didnt fire. Hes acting studdish. He has a quarter crack. The post hurt. He didnt like the track. He was giving too much weight. This wasnt the real fog.
When is it ever going to be "the real fog" that loses? Horses dont "fire" for a reason and when you disregard the factors that lead to a hrose not "firing" you are being blinded by the hype. It seems fog doesnt "fire" when there is a horse in the race that is capable of beating him. Its as simple as that.
He isnt a pig but he isnt close to being the best sprinter in the country. And if that is the case, he is a fraud.