Ya never know 'til ya know. Actually Big Brown wasn't gonna win because he had a hurt hoof and missed a workout and .... anymore I think staying healthy is a good 75% of the battle. So far Chromey looks good. I think about the slow fractions in the Derby and how Victor eased CC up the last bit and crossed the wire slowing him down already... people like to sneer at the Beyer figure there, but another way of looking at it is that they were saving the horse, leaving some in the tank. Preakness fractions were legit. Belmont fractions should be more like the Derby, so the question is... will he have enough left in the tank to get the whole mile and a half? I think he just may.
And let's not forget Penny Chenery "lost" the coin toss and got the "lesser bred" horse, Secretariat.
Finally, someone posted this yesterday on another site: "Well, I just read the 'Big Heart' gene article which of course accounted for Secretariat's greatness, aside from God's blessings. And, the four big heart stallion lines existing today run through War Admiral, Mahmoud, Blue Larkspur and Princiquillo. So, I counted up Ca. Chrome's pedigree and this is what I got: Princiquillo 8 crosses, Blue Larkspur 3 crosses, War Admiral 7 crosses, Mahmoud 6 crosses. Maybe now we can put to rest the statements that Chrome can not get a mile and a half......and, perhaps his breeders knew what they were doing."
So I'm rooting for California Chrome. Then again, I'm a California girl.
