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Originally Posted by NTamm1215
If you compare where we're at this year with this point last year this crop looks much better.
The Bashford Manor/Sanford winner Backtalk looked like a sprinter through and through. D'Funnybone beat up on a hopelessly bad Saratoga Special field and had the look of a sprinter himself. Worstcasescenario won a stirring rendition of the Adirondack as a 17-1 outsider.
There were very few interesting maiden winners at all last year, other than Dublin (we know how that turned out) and Discreetly Mine, who didn't win until Alabama day last year.
Everyone can beat up on Kantharos all they want. The only thing I'd like to see him do in the near future is face a top horse. That will happen in time.
NT
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Tough to say who's a sprinter and who's not before they even go seven furlongs. And you'd have to split some serious hairs to call today's field better than the one D' Funnybone beat. Position Limit looks like a nice filly, but Hot Dixie Chick looked even better last year. Are we really hanging our hats on Stay Thirsty and Maybesomaybenot? Color me unimpressed.