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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
Mabe your memory is faulty since I dont remember any of those horses winning on the dirt. I do remember swain bearing out in the stretch in the Classic in 1998. He didnt do much until he was 5. Freedom Cry lost to the great Nothern Spur in the BC. Pentire was a pretty good horse, nothing more or less.
Lammtarra was a good horse that happen to show up in a weak year, not his fault, but he is far from an all time great. In fact the comparison to Bernardini is strange considering that one was a dirt horse and one was a turf horse. I am fairly certain that Bernardini would thrash Lammtarra on the dirt and I dont know how anyone would think otherwise.
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Why is the comparison strange? They were both racehorses at one time and we are discussing horse racing on a horse racing site. So they raced on different surfaces but does that make it a different breed or a different sport? Come on. And who insisted on the distinction between dirt and turf anyway?
Besides all of that how are you so sure that Bernardini would "thrash" lamtarra on dirt when Lamtarra never raced on it? How do you know Lamtarra wouldnt have loved it? He had plenty of dirt in that pedigree.
Regardless of how "weak" 1995 was (and that claim is quite dubious), he still set the record in the epsom derby. He still completed the triple of epsom, king george and Arc. Compare that to anything Bernardini accomplished.
In four races, he sets a record in the epsom (still stands today!)in his second start, wins the king george and the arc. But still not a great horse? LOL
Pentire was just a "pretty good horse"? LOL again. Multiple group 1 winner that won the irish champion stakes and the king george and beat singspiel twice. I guess that horse wasnt very good either?
Yeah Swain didnt do much until he was five. True, he did most of his damage when he was five but lest we forget he did win the coronation.
Which brings us to Freedom Cry. Yes, he lost to northern spur in the BC, three weeks after losing to Lamtarra in the arc. I dont know...I guess shipping across the world and running in a couple of weeks isnt a big deal. yes, the horse was a bum.