Originally Posted by Bold Brooklynite

As I mentioned in another post ... I was overseas for three weeks and I'm still playing catchup with more important matters ... but have no fear ... I'll be back here before long ... dazzling you and everyone else with my amazing brilliance.

Meanwhile ... you can visit Horseracingtalk.com ... and peruse my archive of nearly 3,000 posts. Among the things you'll find are:

• In 2004 I predicted that Smuggler would be the 2005 3YO Filly champion.

• Two weeks before the 2005 BC Sprint ... when Lost In The Fog was being hailed as the greatest sprinter since Domino ... I predicted that he'd fold like a cheap suit and finish out of the money.

• In early March 2006 ... when Bernardini was a complete unknown ... I predicted that he was the most talented 3YO colt and would soon become a G1 stakes winner.

• Also in early March 2006 ... when Songster was a complete unknown ... I predicted he would become the best 3YO sprinter.

• In February 2006 ... when Matz announced his training plans for Barbaro ... I predicted that Barbaro would be unfit for the Triple Crown races and would not be able to complete them.

• In August 2005 ... I predicted that Mayan King ... a total unknown ... would be a serious contender for 2006 Horse Of The Year. Mayan King recently ran a mile at Belmont in the same time that Silver Train won the Met Mile ... and if he stays healthy ... will surely be contending for Horse Of The Year.

• Two years ago ... I pointed out that Todd Pletcher was unsuccessful in developing colts to win G1 races at classic distances on dirt. Now ... that topic is all the "buzz" in the racing media.

• In early 2005 ... I predicted that Funny Cide would never win another open graded stakes and that his only chance to win another race would be against New York-bred competition.

There are many, many other examples of my brilliance in analyzing and prognosticating thoroughbred racing ... and ... as Casey Stengel often said ... "you can look them up" ... simply by going to the Horseracingtalk.com archives.

Happy hunting!