Horse of the Year prediction thread

[my miss storm cat]

I want two names and two names ONLY (and yes, I know it's a bit early for this but whatever! Why not?!)...

Who do you think it will be and who do you hope it will be (?).

Who wants to go first?

[Alabama Stakes]

shared belief
shared belief

[my miss storm cat]

Close Hatches

California Chrome (don't judge me... in my world he wins the Classic)

[Arletta]

Tonalist

Shared Belief

[South Beach Luv]

Shared Belief

Bayern

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Arletta

Tonalist

Shared Belief

Ditto or Wicked Strong

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Ditto or Wicked Strong

He's done for the year.

[KirisClown]

Belle Gallantey or Condo Commando.

Hoping Dads Caps can take down honors as top sprinter..

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

WISE DAN ......... again!

California Chrome

[RockHardTen1985]

I would try Close Hatches in the Classic. What do they have to lose?
I think 5 or 6 different horses are still in play. If I had to give one right now I would say Bayern, but who knows.

[tanner12oz]

Wise Dan and close hatches

[geeker2]

Wise Dan
California Chrome (MMSC I think you are right !)

Originally Posted by KirisClown

Belle Gallantey or Condo Commando.

Hoping Dads Caps can take down honors as top sprinter..

Rudy Rodriguez (AKA Richard Dutrows Protege) is making a name for himself on the East coast. Not sure if that is a good thing. A true magician

The West Coast has one too. His name is Philip D'Amato. His ROI in almost every category is profitable. Pure Genius!

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by helicopter11

Rudy Rodriguez (AKA Richard Dutrows Protege) is making a name for himself on the East coast. Not sure if that is a good thing. A true magician

The West Coast has one too. His name is Philip D'Amato. His ROI in almost every category is profitable. Pure Genius!

I think Rudy made a name for himself like 5 years ago. I get what your saying though, he is having a huge run right now. I think he is 33% at the current Belmont meet. And we all know about the back to back G1 and G2 wins on Saturday.

[FATPIANO]

Tonalist

Close Hatches

[Indian Charlie]

Seems like a two horse race at this point.

CC and SB.

Not sure how the filly can win it. I think she'd need to win the Classic, and no way does that happen.

Tonalist would need to win the Classic as well, and I think that is really far fetched.

[Seattleallstar]

Whichever between the trio of SB, CC wins the BC Classic. That will be my choice for horse of the year. I was thinking of Tonalist, but if I were to consider him if he wins the BC Classic, I also would have to be fair to Bayern who I don't think should be horse of the year if he wins BC Classic, but he definitely has to be given consideration

[NTamm1215]

Pretty amazing there's a good chance this will be the first time since 2007 that the HOTY will be the BC Classic winner.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

Pretty amazing there's a good chance this will be the first time since 2007 that the HOTY will be the BC Classic winner.

If Close Hatches wins the Spinster and the Distaff and her record is perfect for the year (5 G1s and a G3), would you say it's likely that she'll win HOY ONLY IF some longshot jumps up and takes the Classic?

I have only followed the sport since 2004 but I don't remember it ever being so wide open (all year I was kinda hoping for Palace Malice, but alas...)

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

If Close Hatches wins the Spinster and the Distaff and her record is perfect for the year (5 G1s and a G3), would you say it's likely that she'll win HOY ONLY IF some longshot jumps up and takes the Classic?

I have only followed the sport since 2004 but I don't remember it ever being so wide open (all year I was kinda hoping for Palace Malice, but alas...)

You know he is un-retired right?