Barbaro (the Champ)

Originally Posted by King Glorious

Isn't this the same thing they did with Barbaro though? Wasn't he basically conceded the TC after the Derby and even though he hasn't been able to race anymore, before Bernardini won the Travers, weren't people ready to concede the 3yo title to Barbaro without seeing what other 3yo's might emerge in the second half of the year. I will agree with u that we should wait till the year is over to decide the champions but I don't agree that we should wait any more on Bernardini than we did with Barbaro. Besides, this is what the fun is on these forums. If we waited till seasons were over to annoint champs or wait till careers are over to place horses in all-time perspectives, this place would be boring.

What happens is Discreet Cat comes and wins his next race and then wins the Breeders Cup Classic--I think that would be enough to win the award. So you would have 3 very deserving horses. I think we should be blessed to have had three very very good horses in the same year and two of them are still running. It was like when Alex and Smarty left us, this year someone goes down and there are two more waiting to fill his star status.