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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
Your comment that "he proved that he wasn't nearly as good as he was hyped to be" is not true. Nothing has been proven. You could be right that he wasn't as good as he was hyped to be. That statement may be correct. The part that is not correct is your contention that "it has been proven". Nothing has been proven. Horses are not machines. If Bernardini never runs another good race, does that prove that his Preakness win was not that good? No not all. Maybe he's not the same horse any more. Maybe he's hurt. Horses aren't machines. There have been plenty of really good horses who were good for a year or so and then they lost it. It's usually because of a soundness issue or injury and it happens all the time. If a horse is no longer able to replicate his past form, it does not neccessarily mean that his past form was phony or that his present bad form is due to facing better competition.
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No, no...it is just mere coincidence that LITF began not liking tracks and "not being himself" as soon as he started facing open company. Purely coincidence.
You say "its not who you beat". So does that mean competition has no bearing on performance? You never answered me before.