Hard Spun to the King's Bishop

[NoLuvForPletch]

Originally Posted by The Bid

Curlin looks like he would be harder to keep fit than Hard Spun. Hes a bigger stronger looking horse. Im sure they both needed a race, but probably Curlin a little more than HS. I also give Curlin no excuse for not passing HardSpun, hes supposed to be the second coming. He rolled up and should have passed. I think HardSpun is easily the second best horse in this years crop maybe the best if used at the correct distance. Also think he will be a superior grass miler.

I think Hard Spun has a tremendous heart that everyone is not giving him credit for. When he ran at Oaklawn he never, ever gave up. Even though he had every right to. In the Derby he only fought SS for a brief moment as SS went by, but he never completely gave up the fight and "chased him" to the wire. The Preakness and Belmont were horrifying to watch and I'm sure just as horrifying to the horse running in the race. But even in the Haskell, while AGS blew by him, he never let Curlin by. I just don't know why he doesn't have that acceleration to go with his first challenger? Which would be my only concern about him running on the grass. Those closers come with such a furious rush at the end I'm not sure he can accelerate along with them to hold them off.