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Old 04-22-2010, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985 View Post
What is all this **** about how bad the field is? Eskendereya is as good as anyone at this point in at least the past 7 years. Bafferts horse is really good, he is a champion and his dirt race really sticks out. I dont get why all the bashing. Eskendereya has done a lot more then Big Brown to this point, He has done more then Mine that Bird, he has done more then Giacomo. I just dont agree with all the hate for this group.
No problem with the top 2, but the rest of the crop have huge question marks. Your 3 examples are all from other weak crops this decade. Big Brown's group was pretty much garbage. Giacomo was in with Afleet Alex, but I can't think of anyone else from that group that made an impact. MTB was fortunate not to catch the best 3yo's when I Want Revenge and Quality Road had injuries, and Rachel Alexandra went to the Oaks.

Who knows anymore what synthetic efforts mean as it relates to dirt racing? I just wish everyone would quit treating it as a dirt equivalent. They might as well be prepping on the weeds.
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