[blackthroatedwind]

The point that I tried to make, and the Fat Man tried as well, is that this horse's trip is pretty much irrelevent. Yes, he had a little trouble, so yes his running line is slightly less good than it could be, but you can't just pinpoint supposed " trouble " without taking the ENTIRE trip into account....and this horse had some good happen to him as well. Most people ignore this....which is a mistake.

None of this means the horse in reference couldn't turn out to be a decent horse, I'm dubious but it's not like there is a herd of Seattle Slews out there right now, but his trip is a lot more incidental, at least in the opinion of two of us, than you seem to believe.