[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Well if you look at the form coming in Asi Siempre was a better horse than Happy Ticket. The only one that could have beat her was Spun Sugar who you never know when she'll fire. If Bernardini met English Channel on polytrack he'd have no problem with him since he's the better horse. I really haven't seen a really good dirt horse get taken down by an average turf horse yet. Perhaps when all things are equal the advantage goes to the turf horse but I don't think it is a significant advantage.

I don't agree at all that Asi Siempre was the better horse coming in. She was 1-1-1 in five starts on the year and the highest level she's ever actually won at was grade three and had never run on dirt. Meanwhile, Happy Ticket was 2-3-0 in five starts, has won a grade two this year and narrowly missed in a grade one and has won multiple graded stakes on the dirt at several distances. I can't agree at all with the assessment that u never know when Spun Sugar will fire. She had only been off the board once in her 11 career starts so it seems to me that she fires just about every time. In addition to that, in her six career races around two-turns, she was 5-1-0. How do u make the claim that u never know when she'll fire? In her two-turn races, she's handled Keeneland, Pimlico, Saratoga, Gulfstream, and Oaklawn. If anything, she's shown that she's very consistent and doesn't need to take her track with her.