[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I'm still not sure, as while he obviously didn't like polytrack, he also didn't run particularly fast here, and he still appears like he may be better suited to a one turn mile. As weak as these 3YOs appear, he will still need to run better to win races like the Jim Dandy, Haskell, or Travers. Unfortunately the timing isn't great for the Jim Dandy, and maybe even the Haskell, as it would be good to see how he would run in one of those as then they could choose between the Travers and King's Bishop.

I think you may be thinking historically here. We think of races like the Dandy, Haskell, and especially the Travers and we think of the types of horses that win those races. We don't see Harlem Rocker as that type of horse at this point so it makes sense to say he'd need to improve. However, when I look at the current group of 3yo's, once I get past Big Brown, I can't see another horse that stands out in the group that would make me think Harlem Rocker would have to improve to beat them. With this group, any horse that has four legs and a pulse has to be considered and any horse that's won a stakes has to be considered among the favorites and any horse that's been able to win more than one stakes has to be considered the horse to beat in any 3yo race at longer than 8f.