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Originally Posted by King Glorious
With Curlin and Hard Spun, we were made to believe that our best 3yo's could indeed still stand the rigors of the TC. Well, back to normal we are. I believe that Big Brown is done racing and will join the list of:
Barbaro, Afleet Alex, Smarty Jones, Point Given, Empire Maker, Charismatic, Giacomo, Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Thunder Gulch....I'm sure I'm missing some others.
I'm wondering when will racing fans start getting tired of our top 3yo's not making it to the end of their 3yo seasons? I know a few of them came back as 4yo's but that's after they couldn't even run anymore as 3yo's. And sure, situations like EM and Point Given are questionable as to whether they were injured or not but the point is, they didn't. Whether it's for economic reasons or injuries or whatever, when is everyone going to be fed up. Last year was an exception. This year, it's back to normal.
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Isn't the focus of the 3yo season the Triple Crown? Wouldn't you anticipate horsemen having their horses peak in the spring? What exactly constitutes a horse making it to the end of its 3yo season anyways? Didn't Thunder Gulch make more post-TC starts than Curlin or Hard Spun (curiously you left out Street Sense, who made 4)? Why do Thunder Gulch, Empire Maker and Point Given, who made multiple starts post-TC have their injuries blamed because of the "rigors of the TC"?
What is your "normal" anyways? Didn't prominent classic runners (most of whom also appeared at 4) like Tabasco Cat, Concern, Go For Gin, Skip Away, Editor's Note, Louis Quatorze, Free House, Touch Gold, Victory Gallop, Lemon Drop Kid, Fusaichi Pegasus, War Emblem, Perfect Drift, Medaglia D'Oro, Funny Cide, Ten Most Wanted, Birdstone, Brother Derek, Bernardini, and Showing Up all finish out their respective 3yo seasons in the decade or so prior to this dubious windfall year of 2007?