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Originally Posted by horseofcourse
Do you people really take turf Beyers seriously?? He's improved all season. His last dirt race was his highest dirt Beyer. He ran fine on turf. His BC race was good. He's a multiple graded stakes winner on dirt and multiple graded stakes winner on turf before the end of his 3 yr old season. For a slow horse who hasn't beaten anyone decent he has lots of scoreboard behind him.
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And he just lost by about a length to one of the very best turf milers in the world in Excellent Art. There was nothing at all to be ashamed about with his Mile effort and this is coming from a horse that won a grade one on the dirt earlier this year.
Is he a great horse? Not at all. But by today's standards, he's a very good one. He has to go into next year as one of the top five candidates for HOY doesn't he?
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