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Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

I guess hater is a strong word, pessimistic is more like it.

I read and saw things like

slowest preakness, bad field, Tale of Verve 2nd speaks to the quality of field, blah blah blah. Beyer speed fig will be below 100, if they do come up with a figure it will be a guess

I'd imagine all that you're reading is from people who know the odds of him winning the tc are long. Time after time something happens to prevent it. No one knows what it'll be, but they probably figure they have to say something handicapping related....because any one can say 'who knows?'

Regarding tale of verve...he might be a late bloomer, a one hit wonder, or a horse who liked the slop.