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Originally Posted by NTamm1215
Terribly. She made seven starts against older horses and won only once, the aforementioned Doubledogdare. She was beaten in six of her last seven starts, including twice by Beautiful Pleasure, twice by Heritage of Gold and twice to end her career by Lu Ravi.
All in all, Silverbulletday's final seven losses came either to males or older females in graded stakes races.
I've personally believed she was overrated for quite some time, but the two she's up against might not be enough to keep her from getting into the Hall.
NT
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Open Mind was never better than 3rd in her 5 tries outside of age restricted races.
The three times Sky Beauty was not more than 0.40-to-1 outside of age restricted races - she got wholloped each time as well.
Sillverbulletday didn't win those good races against older - but she ran quite fast in all but one of them. Her Beyers of 109 and 110 in defeat look pretty good when you consider Azeri only twice reached those levels.
Silverbullletday won the Alabama by 9 lengths with a 115 Beyer. Sky Beauty got just a 98 Beyer in her Alabama win by comparison.
Silverbulletday won 11 straight Graded Stake races against members of her own sex - and ran a triple digit Beyer in each one. She also shipped well ... which is why I think she gets the slight nod.