[lemoncrush]

The probable retirement of Bernadini and rash of injuries to top horses over the past year got me thinking about what kind of race we "could" have in 3 weeks. The two rules I used was that in a perfect racing world:

1) Horses never were injured or sick
2) Trainers/Owners would never consider retiring a horse until after their
4-year old season.

If this were true, here's a guess of what kind of race we could have in this year's cup. Post time odds and jockey's are just wild guesses.
How in the world would you begin to handicap a field like this?

Listed in order of M/L odds:

1) Bernardini 9-5 Castellano
2) Barbaro 2-1 Prado
3) Afleet Alex 7-2 Rose
4) Electricutionist 5-1 J. Velasquez
5) Invasor 7-1 Gomez
6) Lava Man 8-1 Nakatani
7) Stevie Wonderboy 10-1 Espinoza
8) Brass Hat 12-1 Borel
9) Buzzards Bay 20-1 Bejarano
10 Perfect Drift 20-1 Leparaoux
11 Jazil 30-1 Jara
12 Lawyer Ron 40-1 McKee