Sorry man, he's better than Mineshaft...I know he has to prove it by his race record to justify it to those who can't decipher between the talent of the two - but I knew when I saw him break his maiden, win the Withers and then improve around two turns by running away in the Preakness in just his 4th lifetime start - I knew he was better than Mineshaft...you can just see it if you know how to judge horse talent....

BTW, he probably won't have to be as game as Tiznow in his career IMO....some brave horses like Tiznow look brave on a frequent basis because they like to wait on there competition to come to them and then re-accelerate....Bernardini doesn't hang, he runs the race his rider asks of him and doesn't need the competition to fire...that is the ultimate sign of class IMO....don't blame him for not being hooked yet becasue it is unlikely that happens much in his career....he is just too fast and he will frequently run away from his challengers in the stretch....I would bet anything that if he encounters a challenger that is actually fast enough to hook him - which I believe to be unlikely - he will respond with the same class of a champion he has shown in every other aspect of his racing career to this point IMO