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Originally Posted by Secretariat
BERNARDINI, off of 6 lifetime starts, will not win the classic, he just won't. and further,lets let him hit the wire before at least 1 older horse before we call him anything close to a champion, he still has yet to do that.
we all saw what SHOWING UP did when he faced the real horses,not the colts, CACIQUE made him look his age.
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I think Bernardini will win the Classic. I think he is head and shoulders of above anyone out there with the possible exception of Lava Man. But with Lava Man, we don't know that he can necessarily run as well on the road and his last two races were not quite as good as some of his past races. I make Bernardini a pretty heavy favorite to win the Classic.
Showing Up is a different story. Even after he won the Arlington race in a faster time than The Tin Man ran on the same day at the same track, everyone on this board including myself agreed that Showing Up would have no chance agaisnt The Tin Man. Showing up had been very impressive but he still didn't look quite as good as the top older turf horses.