why hard spun sucks...

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

lets look at the big picture... hard spun todays hat flopping favorite of the people .is a great horse.. he should have been battleing it out with street sence the whole time..but hes not of that class..hes been reduced to 7f.. pretty great.... yee haa larry..you gota real goodin ..

This may be true.
However the horse has something very special.
Guts.

And I am not so sure any of this years crop are special horses. Especially after what I witnessed in the Belmont. Jury is still out on all. I know we have one very good Filly that can compete with the best males. But thats about it.

And I am sure Curlin, SS, AGS, or Rags would not hold up running right at 22.7, 44.2, 1:08.5 fractions and still hold up to win.
So there is no question about the horses speed, I dont care what happened the last 1/16 or 1/8. Those were very tough conditions to run that type of race. Heat index over 100... and the heat index for horses is higher than it is for humans because of the size of their body and inability to efficiently remove heat.

The effort was extraordinary.