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Originally Posted by RollerDoc
OK that was a fair challenge and I have no comeback. You didn't say mediocre, I did. At the same time, I think you are equally as off by using the word ordinary for Big Brown. At least he's got to be a "good" horse?
But I do pledge this to you and everybody else who is not a believer in Big Brown. If Big Brown wins the Breeders Cup Classic....he will be considered a great horse.
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i don't think he's anything special, as i don't think he has proven himself. he's been a beneficiary of a down year. most years he'd be an also ran, so why should he get a pass because he's a brighter spot compared to the rest of the crop this year? it doesn't work that way. some crops are great- the crop which included iron liege, bold ruler and round table for one, the crop which included secretariat and forego is another-or affirmed and alydar to name a few-some are deep-such as last years with three winners in three classics, with any given saturday and hard spun playing spoiler at times. some are like this year, which is absolutely a down year. big brown, when compared to good horses the last few years, is not great, or even very good. as for the classic, unless he faces curlin, and wins, he won't be anything more than ordinary, as we have pretty much conceded that this years older horses (other than curlin) is a joke.