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Originally Posted by CSC
I can see your point, but in my opinion he is head and shoulders the best horse of the crop based on what he did in the BC Classic. He certainly is the most talented horse of the class while Rags, Street S and AGS have all been retired. He's shown his versatilty by being able to handle most tracks and his durabilty by still racing today.
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i disagree. he beat hard spun in the fall by about the same margin as street sense in the spring-the same street sense who finished behind hard spun more than once. they all took turns beating each other (don't forget hard spun was ahead of curlin in the derby) and beating a woefully inadequate group of older horses in the classic.
the only reason anyone would call curlin head and shoulders above the rest is that he remains in training, for the moment.
i'd call last years crop better than average, as there were several who ran top races-but i'd also say they were all pretty even talent-wise. no absolute stand out from last year imo.
also, don't forget this is curlins second year racing, he didn't race at two like some of his peers. also might have to give the nod to street sense really as far as overall talent, as he was the champ at two, and then won the derby.