Since I'm having BC withdrawl. . .

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Originally Posted by hockey2315

Did he run better than Barbaro, Bluegrass Cat, or Bernardini in the triple crown preps/races, travers, and classic?

Yeah, I'd say he ran better than Bluegrass Cat and Bernardini in the triple crown preps (remember Bernardini didn't even take part in those)...arguably even better than Barbaro...he did win 4 straight heading into the triple crown to start off 2006...3 of them graded stakes. Bluegrass Cat lost the TB Derby to Deputy Glitters and got pummeled in the Blue Grass. Obviously his TC performance rated massively below the 3 mentioned. And he then missed time with a minor injury after the Ky Derby. But he was a serious player heading in to the TC. He had the highest Beyer of the 3 in a TC prep race. And he was only one of two around for the classic, so he did run better than at least 2 of them in the Classic.