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Originally Posted by NTamm1215
I think it's really tough to say Barbaro was the best of the decade on either surface. I'd certainly take Kitten's Joy before him on the weeds as a 3YO.
Barbaro was terrific but he also beat a future 20k claimer in the Holy Bull and a NY bred who never won a race again in the Fla Derby. His Derby was very strong but that ended up being an awfully weak field.
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Barbaro was a pretty green horse up until the Derby. He was naturally a better horse on turf, but even there he was pretty green during spots in his three turf starts.
On dirt, he looked even greener. I thought his first two dirt wins were actually very impressive. A lot more so than anyone else.