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Originally Posted by philcski
All time greats, I'm not sure... but I've seen him run live 5 times now, and he's damn good, DAMN good- and I've never been a fan of his. The Haskell was a clunker but other than that he's never run a bad race, the Derby was a very respectable effort all things considered. The rest of the races were excellent to outstanding. Let's be serious... there isn't a horse in the States that can warm him up right now.
I liked Robby's approach to the race, put him in the clear, just do enough, save the big run for the DWC.
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he spent all year in the same company, beating hard spun in the fall by the same distance street sense beat him in the spring. the top older horse last year was lawyer ron, if that helps keep things in perspective. curlin is good compared to the rest of the crop, but i don't he'd stack up very well against horses over the last few years, let alone the last century or so.
i think jess jackson did a very smart thing in keeping curlin in training, since all the other horses who could make him run a bit all left the scene. just like invasor at this point last year. and i'd take invasor over curlin....
hell, i'd even put bernardini over curlin at this point. staying in training at four, altho i appreciate it, does not make him a better horse.