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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
Your kind of leaving a few things out here. Yeah Barbaro won the Derby, and Bernardini wasn't there. He wasn't waiting to play spoiler, he had just run a week before the Derby, and he wouldn't have made it in anyway, not enough earnings. Can't really fault the horse that it took him a little while longer to get to the races. I certainly don't think Bernardini was ducking Barbaro because if he was he very easily could have skipped the Preakness and run in the Peter Pan. I would say that Bernardini's Travers, or his Preakness was as equally good as Barbaro's Derby. Look at Barbaro's Holy Bull and Florida Derby. Not exactly eye catching wins against somewhat suspect competition. How do you think Bernardini would have fared against Great Point, or Sharp humor? Probably would have won by more than 3/4 and a neck. But again, heresay arguements. I too love Barbaro, and I wish he was still racing because the two against each other would have been fun. Let me ask you this, switch the two. Say Bernardini wins the Derby, and is hurt in the Preakness, and Barbaro goes on to win the Preakness, Jim Dandy and Travers all without breaking a sweat. You still giving Bernardini the championship?
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yeah, the derby winner gets it. i don't care if his name is green eggs and ham.
has nothing to do with which has which name. at this point (and yeah, i've gone a bit over the top because no one will let this go, so what the hell) they are 'tied'. both with two gr 1's, both with four overall graded wins. you can compare the two side by side, they're practically even. so who gets the nod? the derby winner must, right? AT THIS POINT, which everyone seems wont to go over ad infinitum, who's gonna be chicken and proclaim a tie?? not me. there has to be a tie-breaker. shouldn't THE race for three year olds, often times the ONLY time that three year olds from coast to coast meet all year, the best since the year began, be the decider?? how could it not be? it's the derby. you don't have to call it by it's full name, just THE DERBY will do. one winner a year....
just think tho--another point. it's taken bernardini almost NINE months to earn the graded stakes that barbaro earned in FIVE.
it doesn't matter tho. it's august.