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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
That quote of Frankel's was just days after his Preakness win. It's very easy for a lot of people to get swept up in the excitement of a horse with an undefeated record coming off of such a superb recent performance. I would suspect he was optimistic the horse would hold that form in future races by the "how he looks now" comment.
Also, I believe Ghostzapper had yet to even attempt a route race at the time of that quote. Ghostzapper had all very impressive and super fast races from the Vosburgh of his 3yo season on - but even comparing him and SB as just older males - he didn't travel as much and campaign as hard.
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The thing is that the question wasn't what made me think that Smarty was as good or better than Bid or Secretariat but what made me think he was more talented than GZ. As I said when I posted those things, I wasn't using them as proof that he was but merely as examples of how there were quite a few people that were putting him in the same sentences with all-time greats so maybe it wasn't too far out in left field to think he was pretty damn good.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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