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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
OK, so people overrated him...that's obvious, but this silly and incorrect thread/post is just as inaccurate. First of all, Barbaro did not PROVE on the racetrack that he was a superior horse. Second of all, losing to Invasor is hardly a disgrace as that horse has proven himself this year to be a fine animal. Thirdly, anyone that can analyze a race, and believe me Invasor meant a decent amount of money to me, knows that Bernardini hardly benefited from the most well timed ride. Clearly Castellano panicked when he wasn't doing his best running on the backstretch and forced him into a premature move, which is Castellano's achilles heel, and Bernardini hardly embarrased himself from there. What we saw today were two horses running very well and putting on an exciting show...the kind we see all too infrequently.
Yes, the " he could have run much faster " comments were off base. Hopefully people will learn a lot from Bernardini's performances today and prior to today and next time they see a horse winning easily they will realize that does not necessarily translate into a much faster performance when the horse is challenged, especially if such horse is running as fast as Bernardini was in those easy wins. However, none of that diminishes Bernardini's immense talent. Ya know, actually not being as good as Secretariat is hardly a knock.
The unfortunate thing will be if we don't get to see Bernardini run next year, when he has had more time to mature, as perhaps then he could live up to at least some people's lofty expectations.
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Great post - I had posted that I thought this colt was truly special (I never said he was a great horse just yet - "great" is a word that is thrown around too lightly and when it is, it diminishes the true meaning - but I thought that Bernardini had the potential to be a great horse, which was just as important to me.) and I still believe it. I was definitely guilty of underrating Invasor - he's a very, very good horse.
Although I'm still very disappointed, I know that Bernardini tried his best and that's all I can ask. I truly hope that the Sheikh will change his mind and allow him to run next year- the leap in maturity from 3 to 4 is great and Bernardini would be even better as an older horse. This race probably did him a world of good mentally........