Overated / Underated... the anti-HOY Awards (so far...)

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

overrated =artie shiller...top pick...2nd surf cat..if he cant close hes dead
3rd. battle won
underrated cool conductor..top pick 2nd siver train 3rd butterface...lol

Overrated: Mayan King (by me)

Underrated: Mayan King (by everyone else)

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Overrated:

AP Warrior
Point Determined
Cause to Believe
Bob and John
Brother Derek outside of Cali
Lava Man outside of Cali

Underated-as of right now Lawyer Ron just because he had to have major surgery right after the Derby because he was injured. How quickly we forget. He still hasn't worked. This dude could run. I am still p i s s e d off at Holthus. He puts in one bad race which happens to be the toughest one in the world to win, has to have surgery after the race, and he is called overated. The horse had won a ton of stakes races before ever going into the Derby beating Steppenwolfer who finished third in the Derby every time.

Sharp Humor-The forgotten horse. IF he makes it back to the track, I believe he is going to make some noise.

Barbaro-He was going to be one of the best horses this world had ever seen yet few seem to acknowledge that fact.

Bernardini-he gets some respect, but not nearly as much as he deserves.

Seek the Gold is probably underrated as of right now. He put it all together in the Foster. He is one to watch.

[Pedigree Ann]

Underrated - BRASS HAT. He's been underrated all his life. So he had a below par effort in the Stephen Foster; horses who run their hearts out in Dubai often don't come back immediately - horses who are up the track, like Invasor, tend to bounce back more readily. This was the only time aside when he got hurt that Brassy has finished worse than second on the main track.

[my miss storm cat]

Underated..... Pride!

Why anyone would assume this girl couldn't run with Hurricane Run and Policy Maker (and their respective rabbits) is beyond me. One of the best in the world, this mare..... 1st in the Prix Foy (beating Alkaased and Shirocco), 2nd in the Hong Kong Vase (ahead of Alexander Goldrun, Alkaased, Maraahel and Russian Pearl to name a few), 2nd in the Emirates Airline Champion Stakes (again beating out Alkaased, Oratorio, Rakti and an endless list that reads like a Who's Who)..... a lovely girl who is just as good as Hurricane Run. Maybe now she'll get a little more respect.

Overated..... keeping in mind my question encompassed the entire year to date? Rockport Harbor. Through no fault of his own, perhaps.....

It didn't help matters being on a forum with a fan-turned-zealot who would track and report Rocky's every move, every breath, every bowel movement. Sweet enough posts, angry and long-winded posts, posts that made you want to run and find a knife and stab yourself repeatedly..... and they all, every one of them, ended with a GO ROCKY, GO! and a smiley face. Aaaarrrggghhh! The sanest among us had a Pavlovian reaction before long.

And so this particular poster who acted like he was waiting for the second coming, well.... when it got to the point where I was waiting for a light at an intersection and began hallucinating a flashing go Rocky go on the red, yellow and green lights? That was the moment my amusement turned to loathing. Had quite enough of the now-retired Mr. Harbor to last the rest of my days, thank you very much. Others may come and others may go, but he wins my award hands down.

[dr. fager]

Overrated- Surf Cat
I hope he heals up fine and starts whooping up on 4 horse fields again in the near future.

Underrated-Bordonaro
I respect all the great 3 year olds, however I can't believe the short memories of some about the first time LITF faced older.

Over- Sunriver

Under- Sweetnorthernsaint

Future Star- Bright One

[miraja2]

Underrated: Carthage - 3 stakes, wins and after he beat Lost in the Fog everyone asked, "What is wrong with LITF" rather than be impressed with Carthage's performance

Overrated: Invasor - He still has not beaten a G1 horse, and I think Flower Alley will handle him at Saratoga.

[SentToStud]

Overrated... won't say any of the 3 yos... they've all accounted for themselves. Older ... Flower Alley and Henny H. I still need to see them beat a nice horse. Both looked great but...

Underrated... easy... Bushfire. At this point in a 3yo filly's year, you have to go way back to find another with three G1 wins at this point... back (as I recall) to Silverbulletday. Very rare stuff.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by miraja2

Overrated: Invasor - He still has not beaten a G1 horse, and I think Flower Alley will handle him at Saratoga.

Couldn't disagree more.. At 3.5 years old, Invasor is the likely the best older horse in training right now. The Suburban effort was quite something considering he was totally set up for a reaction from the big PIM Special effort. KMc will give him an appropriate break, he'll win the Woodward and JCGC and then, assuming he handles the quirky Churchill surface, demolish whoever shows up at 4th and Central in November. (I guess this is my 'bold prediction' that didn't make it to that thread last week...)