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Originally Posted by eurobounce
There are so many things to consider here. First off Alex was a very very good horse. But also keep in mind that he was running in the MRLS year. The competition was diluted to say the least. But he still won and he looked good doing it.
In my opinion, The Breeders Cup is bad for racing when you look at older horses. Also too much emphasis is put on a Breeders Cup win for older horses. This is why we only see the best older horses racing 5 times a year. Without the Breeders Cup we would see more and more older horses running earlier in the year.
Horse of the Year is a joke of an award. I have been sour on the award ever since Favorite Trick won the award.
IMO Alex wouldnt have even come close to St Liam in the Classic. In fact, I dont think he would have been Flower Alley. I would even go as far as saying that 3 year olds should not be running against older horses.
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Afleet Alex was a much better horse than Flower Alley. They weren't even in the same league. AA was amazing. Did you not see the time of the work off of that huge layoff just before they officially retired him? By God, that horse could run. There is no doubt in my mind that AA would have won the BC Classic had he run. He would have ran right by those two because Ritchey and Jeremy finally figured the horse out. If they would have figured out the horse one race sooner, we would be looking at a TC winner.