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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie
At the time of their respective retirements, I think there was still quite a bit more upside to Indy than Bernardini.
The thing with Indy, his Canadian race notwithstanding, he was still improving with every start. I, and many others back then, thought he was going to keep getting better had he raced more.
I can't say the same for Bernardini.
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You didn't think Bernardini was capable of improving even off his excellent 3 year old form? I guess we'll never know, but I thought he had a lot more that we never got to see. All I do know is that I have never been as crushed as I was when Indy was scratched on Derby eve........what a punch in the gut that was. It was sweet vindication when he won the BC. He won that race so easily.I hoped he'd run as a 4 year old, but I didn't think that was ever a real possibility. I was just glad that his owner was not into breeding because if he was, Indy would be in Japan now. It's been a long time - maybe I'm underrating how good he was as a racehorse because he's been so good as a sire. It's a shame that he probably won't ever sire a KY Derby winner, but maybe one of his sons will.