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Originally Posted by ArlJim78
So you are this rare person who compares his previous races to the BCC? Are you kidding me? What do you think everyone else is doing?
So you and your insider friends got together and agreed that he wasn't on his A game? Well I guess that does it then, case closed.
For the last time, it was the pace, the number of horses, and the quality of the horses in the field that took him off his game. If you actually compare his previous races to the BCC you will see that those are facts.
Who cares what would have happened in some ficticious match race? I don't agree that its a foregone conclusion the Bernardini would have won. My guess is that he wouldn't have. The only race we actually know about is the one we saw a few weeks ago where he ran the best he could and got beat by the undefeated horse of the year. No big disgrace in that but, as talented as Seattle Slew? Only in your mind I'm afraid.
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Yes, those are facts, and it is also a fact that the horse got sandwiched hard and bumped around in the first turn. It is also a fact that the horse dropped back to fifth place after coming up to fourth place on the backstretch signaling that he wasn't on his A game. It is also a fact that after getting hit like that, that he wasn't pulling at Javier like he did in the rest of his races. It is also a fact that Javier knew that Bernardini was not himself, so he started asking him just after the half mile pole. It is also a fact that Bernardini did not explode with as much force around the final turn as he did in the Preakness.
Invasor was is not the undefeated horse of the year. Discreet Cat beat Invasor in Dubai (Invasor was a distant fourth).
If you're afraid, then quit replying to me.