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Originally Posted by Linny
Being a huge Bid fan, I rather resented Coastal at the time. In retrospect, I have far greater respect for him. Coastal was a serious horse whose historical place has generally been "the spoiler."
Bid would be all but unbeatable today as his one "limitation" was 12f. Of course, it took some serious horses to beat him at 12f. Today, after facing a crew of 9f bred horses in the Belmont, he'd never again need to face such a route. Bid was the only horse that could consistently run races on par with those of Dr Fager. He never just "didn't fire."
The range of deevelopment pointed out in this thread demonstrates why the lack of an "older" campaign was once considered questionable. Today, it behooves many owners to retire a nice 3yo before he might face a dressing down by potential later arrivals.
What might a 4yo campaign from Point Given have looked like? Would he have held his own or would Pleasantly Perfect or Lido Palace or others had his measure? Looking at his 3yo campaign it's hard to think he'd have been less than a monster but alot can happen.
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the one i most wish had raced at four? bernardini