Final Verdict ... Fog Is A Fraud

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

I have no problem with what you say here Hoss. He wasnt a fluke. He was a pretty good horse. He was fun to watch and something to get excited about. But then, he proved that he wasnt nearly as good as he was hyped to be.

Surely his accomplishments last year deserve merit if for nothing else but consistency. He was consistently good enough to beat average to bad restricted three year old sprinters. He was consistently fast enough to think that just maybe he could be something special. And now, he has been consistently beaten enough to know that he isnt anything special.

No one ever said he wasnt a decent horse.

Your comment that "he proved that he wasn't nearly as good as he was hyped to be" is not true. Nothing has been proven. You could be right that he wasn't as good as he was hyped to be. That statement may be correct. The part that is not correct is your contention that "it has been proven". Nothing has been proven. Horses are not machines. If Bernardini never runs another good race, does that prove that his Preakness win was not that good? No not all. Maybe he's not the same horse any more. Maybe he's hurt. Horses aren't machines. There have been plenty of really good horses who were good for a year or so and then they lost it. It's usually because of a soundness issue or injury and it happens all the time. If a horse is no longer able to replicate his past form, it does not neccessarily mean that his past form was phony or that his present bad form is due to facing better competition.