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Originally Posted by jms62
LOL... Easy statement to make considering you can't be proven wrong. Ever think of running for public office?
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How the fugg can you ever prove anything that hasn't ever happened and is entirely speculative?
Any opinion ever given, by it's very nature, cannot be proven right or wrong.
For instance, I could say that based solely on some of your posts, I think you are a moron. Could I be proven wrong? Not likely, but who knows.
Now, the reasons I said Animal Kingdom had more upside are as follows.
First, most of the recent Derby winners had already shown they were not much prior to their Derby wins. Super Saver, even to the most blind person, clearly preferred an off track at Churchill Downs. Mine that Bird, he clearly was nothing special, and lucked out by having about fifteen horses from that crop that were better than him get hurt.
Big Brown? He had more upside than most, but when I saw his Preakness, I thought his racing days were just about over.
Street Sense, he was an okay sort that got many favorable conditions throughout his career. There were people on here, myself included, who didn't expect much from him the rest of the year.
Barbaro had zero upside after the Preakness.
Giacamo was a terrible Derby winner. He wasn't much prior to the Derby, lucked out in winning the Derby, and figured to do little after the Derby.
Animal Kingdom though, he was the least lightly raced Derby winner in recent years, excluding Big Brown, who, btw, happened to have the most upside of this group. Because of the relatively light racing, he hasn't proven himself to be a mediocre at best type of runner. He's also shown he can race over multiple surfaces, much like Big Brown.
And no, don't get all righteous on me and pretend I'm saying Animal Kingdom is as good as Big Brown. I am not. I am saying that it's difficult to really assess Animal Kingdom fairly at this point. I can say though, that from within their respective crops, Animal Kingdom had the potential to win races.
Especially with this killer group of older horses we've got.